Hijack attempt on a Russian “Aeroflot” plane

An Aeroflot flight from Surgut to Moscow was landed in Khanty-Mansijsk airport after the crew managed to convince the passenger who is apparently hijacked the plane and ordered to change the plane direction, to land at the airport for refueling.

The plane has changed its direction over the city of Yegorsk.

The Hijacker demanded to go to Afghanistan, was supposed to arrive at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow at 16:20 Moscow time.

FlightRadar website later reported that the plane had reduced the flight from 10 to 2.3 kilometers as it approached the two Khanty-Mansijsk district.

It should be noted that Aeroflot has not yet commented on the incident.

On the other hand, Russian TV channels reported that one of the passengers was armed and demanded to change the direction of the plane.

According to the reports the person named, Pavel. U is 41 years old.

There are 69 passengers aboard, including one child, as well as seven crew members.

According to the latest data, the hijacker who were prosecuted for not paying alimony, theft and traffic violations.

The coordinator of the control tower at Kabul International Airport confirmed that he had not received any notice from the Aeroflot plane which took off from the airport of Surgut.

“No notification, e-mail or request has been received by those responsible for the administration of the aircraft on this matter”, the coordinator told Russian Sputnik agency.

The National Counter-Terrorism Committee has yet to comment on the incident.