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On January 9, a plane belonging to Azur Air which was flying from Moscow to Goa made an emergency landing in the Indian state of Gujarat after a report of mining, the Ministry of Civil Aviation of India reported. The state of Gujarat is located in the north-west of India.
Azur Air told that they received information from unidentified persons “about the alleged mining of one of their aircraft” and took necessary measures “according to the established procedure.” According to the company, the aviation authorities of India decided to redirect the plane to the Jamnagar airfield. The aircraft landed, no one was injured. According to the local local official, passengers were disembarked.
“A thorough inspection of the aircraft by the airport security service is planned. Based on the results of the inspection, a decision will be made on the further execution of the flight to the destination airport,” Azur Air added.
This was the third such incident with a Russian civil aircraft in recent days.
On the evening of January 7, a civil Boeing 737, which was en route from Russian city of Murmansk to Moscow, sent out a mayday call while flying over the Vologda region.
Fortunately, soon the plane successfully landed in Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow. There was no threat to security of passengers. According to some Russian sources, the crew of the aircraft received a message from an anonymous source about the mining of the aircraft.
Another incident took place on December 29. Another Boeing 737-86N made an emergency landing at the Novosibirsk airport after a message about mining. The message was received twice, the first time when the plane was at Irkutsk airport. Then the experts examined the Boeing and found no suspicious items. When the plane took off from Irkutsk to Novosibirsk with 129 passengers on board, the message about mining was received again, but after checking the information was not confirmed again.
Sabotage activities against security of Russian citizens continue.
