Russian may be extradited to face charges at home for actions on airliner

A Russian passenger who threatened to blow up an Aeroflot plane, forcing an emergency landing in Prague last December, has been released on a one million crown bail. He may now be extradited to Russia. Jevgenij Dogajev was arrested at Prague's Ruzyne Airport on December 28th, shortly after his flight bound from Moscow to Geneva made an emergency landing in the Czech capital. The man, who has admitted to being heavily inebriated at the time, demanded entry into the pilot's cabin and threatened to blow up the aircraft. He was quickly overpowered by fellow passengers. Mr Dogajev's lawyer says his client was so drunk during the incident he had no idea what he was saying.

Author: Jan Velinger