A case was opened in Volgograd after a passenger threatened to hijack a plane

A criminal case was opened in Volgograd after a passenger on a plane preparing to take off for Moscow repeatedly threatened to hijack the aircraft. This was announced on November 15 by the Western Interregional Investigative Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of Russia.

"According to investigators, a 42-year–old man on board a plane preparing to take off on the Volgograd —Moscow route at Volgograd International Airport repeatedly expressed his intention to hijack the aircraft," the agency wrote in the Maks messenger.

The passenger's actions were qualified under Part 3 of Article 207 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Knowingly false report of an act of terrorism"). Investigators are establishing all the circumstances of the incident.

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On the same day, the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Irina Volk, reported that the air gunman who threatened to hijack the Volgograd–Moscow flight was arrested for six days. According to her, the man refused to undergo a medical examination after he was removed from the flight and taken to the local police department.