An attempt to hijack aircraft Kutaisi - Minsk

The attempt to hijack the Bombardier CRJ aircraft, Belavia, who was following the Kutaisi -Minsk route, has been prevented. This was reported by the press service of the State Security Committee of Belarus. On board the aircraft were 32 passengers, including one child, and four crew members.

"The commander of the aircraft crew from the passenger located on board was a note with the threat of a airliner explosion and a requirement to change the flight course in one of the European countries," the message said. "Thanks to the professional actions of the pilots, at 6:50 the indicated board landed at the Minsk National Airport.

Representatives of the counter -terrorism department of the KGB and group "A" climbed on board the airliner and entered into negotiations with the hijacker. He turned out to be a Georgian citizen born in 1973. “As a result of negotiations, the criminal agreed to leave the board of the aircraft and voluntarily surrendered to the KGB officers voluntarily. And already at 8.15, the aircraft left passengers and crew members,” the KGB noted.

A criminal case was opened against the state security committee under part 2 of Article 311 of the Criminal Code of Belarus (hi or capture with the aim of hijacking a aircraft). Law enforcement agencies carry out emergency investigative actions.

On February 7, on the opening day of the 2014 Olympics, the passenger of the Kharkov aircraft - Istanbul of the Turkish company Pegasus Airlines tried to capture the airliner . On board the aircraft were 110 passengers, three pilots and four stewardesses. The invader threatened to blow up a bomb allegedly located on an airplane if the pilots refuse to fly to Sochi.

As a result, the liner, accompanied by the fighter of the Turkish Army, the F-16 was accompanied by Istanbul and planted in the security zone of the Sabiha Gokchen airport. The passenger voluntarily surrendered to the police. Neither he nor in the plane found weapons and explosives. There were no victims as a result of the incident.

Later, the head of the Main Investigation Department of the Ukrainian Security Service Maxim Lenko said that the invader demanded to free all the "hostages of Ukraine." He explained his demand to fly to Sochi by the fact that there are "Putin and Yanukovych, who have hands in the blood."