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Moscow-Rome flight. A man tries to provoke fire on an airplane: stopped at Fiumicino

Rome, Italy - Alerted by the captain during the route, the authorities have arranged psychiatric checks for him

Probably an insane action pushed an American man to try to set on fire in the toilette of an airplane of the Russian Aeroflot, that in the early afternoon of yesterday was in flight from Moscow to Rome-Fiumicino, SU2406 flight. The passenger set on fire plastic has succeeded only to cause a flash fire, but it is enough to alert the staff on board, that informed the authorities of the Roman airport...

fra/pec - 1204896
Rome, Italy, 06/05/2017 16:04
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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