Today Tass making a reference to the law enforcement bodies reported that the Yerevan – Moscow plane was forced to land in Volgofrad as a result of non-adequate behavior of one of the passengers. The incident happened at night on Tuesday.
The source reports that the passenger, seemingly a citizen of a European country, ran in the aircraft and knocked on the door of the cockpit of the aircraft.
Another Russian source LifeNews informs that the mentioned person was a 36-year-old Ronny Petrus Josephina, citizen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. He flew in transit from Yerevan to the Netherlands via Moscow. As the Dutchman, he was a former employee of the special services of the Netherlands.
The source of LifeNews in the law enforcement bodies told that Ronnie went first from Amsterdam to Armenia by his car and through Bulgaria and Turkey. He went from Yerevan to Georgia, but then returned back and spent some time in the Armenian capital, went to Syria, and again returned to Yerevan.
Leaving his cars in Armenia, Ronnie bought tickets to the Netherlands. The incident occurred during the flight. As he explained, in the airplane it seemed to him that he was in danger, and so he began to ask for help. After the man began pounding on the door of the cockpit of the aircraft, the crew decided to land in Volgograd Airport. The foreign citizen was sober, no traces of any alcohol or drugs were found in the blood. No prohibited items were found with him as well.