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Russian Jet Hijacking Attempt Failed

A Russian jet en route from Moscow to Geneva abruptly landed in Prague, after one of the passengers, apparently drunk, run amuck, threatened to damage the plain and demanded the flight plan be altered. The pilot announced an emergency and landed in Prague`s international airport. The disruptive passenger was restrained without causing any damage to himself or to his fellow passengers. During the early 90s, Aeroflot, the Russian airline operating the plane, suffered a series of hijackings.

The Russian jet was an Airbus 320, of the Aeroflot airline fleet. Representatives of the airline said the passenger demanded the plain fly to Cairo, Egypt. On board were 168 passengers and crew members. Once the plain landed in Prague, the would-be hijacker was evicted from the plain and it continued its route to Geneva. Jan Subert, a spokesperson for the BIS, the Czech counterintelligence service, said: "From what we know, the incident had nothing to do with terrorism." The hijacker was named by the Czech police as Yevgeny Dagayev, of about 32-years-old, who was traveling with 8 other members of his family, they were not involved in the incident.

2 and half months ago, a passenger jet was hijacked in Greek airspace. A Turkish man, demanding political asylum in Italy, forced a plain, with its 107 passengers and 6 crew members, to land in an Italian airport were the plain was surrounded by emergency service vehicles and negotiations began. After 3 hours the culprit gave himself in to the Italian police. The passengers were all freed without injury.