19:32, 4 January 2016

Some passengers of Moscow-Sochi flight refused to travel for fear of terror act

After a statement of a woman-passenger about a suspicious object on board, seven passengers of flight YuT-249 of the airline "UTair" refused to fly from Moscow to Sochi. Following a check conducted by experts with dogs, the aircraft took off to Sochi.

One of the women-passengers told a stewardess about a suspicious object before the departure. The rumour quickly spread among passengers.

The captain of the crew, fearing panic, decided to evacuate everyone who was on board. He also ordered to inspect the aircraft. Several buses took all the passengers, who had bought tickets to Sochi, back into the airport building. The aircraft was towed to the special parking lot and examined by dog experts, the edition "LifeNews" reports.

After an hour-long check, no bomb was found on board. All the passengers underwent an additional luggage inspection, the portal "Blocknote-Krasnodar" reports.

Seven passenger of the airline "UTair" refused to fly from Moscow to Sochi, the edition "Vesti.ru" reports.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.