UK impounds aircraft under new Russian sanctions

FILE PHOTO: British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

LONDON (Reuters) - British transport minister Grant Shapps said on Wednesday Britain had used new aviation sanctions to impound an aircraft after making it a criminal offence for Russian aircraft to fly or land in the United Kingdom.

"Last night, I also signed a law which closes off some of those loopholes to do with trying to work out the ownership of some of these aircraft," Shapps told BBC TV.