Russian Antiterrorism Committee Specifies Info On Passenger Who Seized Plane: He Is Inside

Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) specified its information about the detention of a passenger who seized the Aeroflot aircraft bound from Surgut to Moscow, saying the passenger was now on board

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd January, 2019) Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) specified its information about the detention of a passenger who seized the Aeroflot aircraft bound from Surgut to Moscow, saying the passenger was now on board.

"The attacker is still on board the plane," a NAC spokesman told Sputnik.

Initially, the NAC announced that "the person who hijacked the aircraft was detained", but a few minutes later clarified that this information was not confirmed.

Flight SU1515, during which the aircraft changed its route, recently landed in Khanty-Mansiysk.