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| A Russian passenger plane has made an emergency landing at Prague airport after a drunken passenger started a fight and demanded a change of route. | A Russian passenger plane has made an emergency landing at Prague airport after a drunken passenger started a fight and demanded a change of route. |
| Czech police described the incident as an attempted hijacking, but a spokesman for the airline, Aeroflot, said it seemed to be a case of "hooliganism". | Czech police described the incident as an attempted hijacking, but a spokesman for the airline, Aeroflot, said it seemed to be a case of "hooliganism". |
| Aeroflot said the passenger started a fight and claimed to have an explosive device before being overpowered. | Aeroflot said the passenger started a fight and claimed to have an explosive device before being overpowered. |
| It said all passengers on the Moscow to Geneva flight were in good health. | It said all passengers on the Moscow to Geneva flight were in good health. |
| The Airbus A-320 taxied to an outer area of the airport after landing, where it was surrounded by emergency vehicles. | The Airbus A-320 taxied to an outer area of the airport after landing, where it was surrounded by emergency vehicles. |
| Man tied-up | Man tied-up |
| "Today, on flight 271 Moscow-Geneva, one of the passengers on the flight declared that he had an explosive device," said Aeroflot deputy chief executive Lev Koshlyakov. | "Today, on flight 271 Moscow-Geneva, one of the passengers on the flight declared that he had an explosive device," said Aeroflot deputy chief executive Lev Koshlyakov. |
| "The crew, in accordance with the current rules, asked to make an emergency landing in Prague and landed at Prague airport. Local law enforcement apprehended the passenger. | "The crew, in accordance with the current rules, asked to make an emergency landing in Prague and landed at Prague airport. Local law enforcement apprehended the passenger. |
| "The preliminary version is that this was a case of hooliganism." | "The preliminary version is that this was a case of hooliganism." |
| He added that the troublemaker was Russian, and that the plane was now preparing to continue its flight to Geneva. | He added that the troublemaker was Russian, and that the plane was now preparing to continue its flight to Geneva. |
| Russia's Itar-Tass news agency quoted another Aeroflot spokesman as saying that a drunken passenger provoked a brawl, threatened to damage the plane and demanded that it change course. | Russia's Itar-Tass news agency quoted another Aeroflot spokesman as saying that a drunken passenger provoked a brawl, threatened to damage the plane and demanded that it change course. |
| It said the man had been tied up on board. | It said the man had been tied up on board. |
| 'Not terrorism' | |
| Czech police said there had been an attempted hijacking and that a man had been taken into custody. | Czech police said there had been an attempted hijacking and that a man had been taken into custody. |
| But Jan Subert, a spokesman for the Czech counterintelligence service, the BIS, said that terrorism apparently was not involved. | |
| "From what we know, the incident had nothing to do with terrorism," he said. |