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Emergency landing for an Airbus of Aeroflot (3)

Prague, Czech Republic - The goal was Cairo

The man that today tried to seized an Airbus A-320 of the Russian national airline Aeroflot, during a flight from Moscow to Geneva, according to the carrier's spokeswoman, he had the intention to hijacked it towards Cairo, forcing the crewmember to realize an emergency landing in the "Ruzyne" international airport of Prague. Irina Dannenberg, Aeroflot's spokeswoman, retailed to the Russian networks...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 71855
Rome, Italy, 12/28/2006 17:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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