Russian Plane Forced To Make An Emergency Landing After Drunk Passenger Tries To Hijack It

Cabin crew have the most difficult job in the world - from dealing with badly behaved passengers to some drunk ones who threaten to hijack the plane, they see the worst of it.

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More recently, one inebriated passenger aboard Aeroflot flight from the Siberian city of Surgut to Moscow threatened to hijack the plane.

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The pilot was forced to land some 240 km short of its destination after a passenger demanded the plane be diverted to Afghanistan, reports RT.

Aeroflot flight #SU1515 from Surgut to Moscow is diverting to Khanty-Mansiysk with squawk 7600 (radio failure).
According to @RT_russian a passenger demanded the aircraft to fly to Afghanistan.https://t.co/lO2rs9X4Dr pic.twitter.com/9NFRQh8C5y

¡ª Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) 22 January 2019

According to Aeroflot, all passengers and crew safely deplaned the Boeing 737-8LJ in the western Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiy, and the suspect was detained, reports CNN.

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The RT report states 10 police squads were dispatched to the airport to nab him and he may now face 12 years in prison for the offence.

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