One of the flight passengers Murmansk — Moscow airline «Smartavia» stated that he allegedly had a dangerous object in his hand luggage for hooligan reasons. The transport police in the Northwestern Federal District reported this on Tuesday, March 26.
Due to the hooligan behavior of a man — a 34-year-old resident of Chuvashia — all passengers had to be evacuated and the plane inspected. When it became clear that in reality there were no explosive devices on board, the plane flew safely to the capital, but without the author of the unsuccessful joke.
The man was detained, a criminal case was opened under Part 2 of Article 207 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Knowingly false report” about an act of terrorism.»
It was previously reported that visitors and employees of the Emerald City shopping center in Tomsk were evacuated twice in less than two days due to reports of explosive devices. Both times the information about the bomb was not confirmed.
In St. Petersburg, the London Mall shopping center was evacuated because of a “telephone terrorist.” People panicked, some visitors shouted that someone had opened fire. People ran out of the building in slippers and without outerwear.