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Double air disaster in Russia (3): the hijacking alarm for the aircraft flying towards Soci has been confirmed

Moscow, Russia - In the meantime, President Putin would have decided to stop his holidays and go back to the capital to attend to the matter

Russian carrier Sibir Airlines would have officially confirmed that its own TU-154 exploded in flight last night en route towards Soci, Black Sea, would have resorted to the warning signal for an attempted hijacking before disappearing from the radars. President Vladimir Putin, who was on holiday just in Soci, would have decided to go back to Moscow in order to directly attend to the matter. Today,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 102217
Rome, Italy, 08/25/2004 17:57
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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