The hijacker was arrested
A forced landing in a Siberian city made an Aeroflot flight to Moscow. The forced landing took place after an armed man demanded to go to Afghanistan.
The pilot hijacker, who was reportedly unarmed, has already been arrested, according to information from the Russian counter-terrorism service.
Aeroflot flight from the Siberian city of Surgut to Moscow was forced to land 240 km before reaching its destination. The man asked to go to Afghanistan.
According to the Interfax agency, the man is mentally disturbed and has been arrested many times in the past because he was drunk.
Aeroflot flight # SU1515 from Surgut to Moscow is diverting to Khanty-Mansiysk with squawk 7600 (radio failure).
According to @RT_russian a passenger requested the aircraft to fly to Afghanistan.https://t.co/lO2rs9X4Dr pic.twitter.com/9NFRQh8C5y- Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) January 22 2019
Samolet Surgut - Moscow landed in Khanty-Mansiysk. A man convicted of theft, narcotics and hooliganism https://t.co/eyElUDF19d pic.twitter.com/WCwjUw0omc- РЕН ТВ | Новости (@rentvchannel) January 22 2019