The passengers and crew of a Russian airliner has once again refused to fly with persons who appeared suspicious. This incident occurred Thursday night at Domodedovo airport during boarding of the Moscow to Khurgada flight, and it is far from being the only such occurrence. Earlier, "suspicious" passengers were removed from aircraft from Egypt to Moscow on September 1st, and from Cyprus to Moscow on September 20th. Lawyers say this is a clear violaton of passengers rights by the airlines.

On Thursday night during the boarding of a Krasnoyarskie airlines chartered Tu-154, on a flight from Moscow to Khurgada, some persons who appeared to be residents of the caucasus caught the other passengers' attention. There were two men, a woman and a small boy, who entered the aircraft late, since they had been delayed by security carefully checking their baggage and documents.

That these "strange" passengers entered the aircraft after all the rest increased the suspicion of the main mass of vacationers on their way to Khurgada. They began to insist in unison that the "suspicious" passengers be removed from the flight.

Taking into account the recent series of terror acts, the aircraft commander called security and all passengers were sent back to the terminal for additional screening. The "suspicious" persons were examined with special care, and a personal search was even conducted in front of the other passengers. Nonetheless, many continued to insist that the "Caucasians" be removed from the flight. As a result, after more than 4 hours of unsuccessful negotiations, the "strange" passengers were asked to leave. They had to wait for a flight which was leaving for Khurgada at 14.35 the next day. This time, security did all possible to ensure that no problems arose for the rejected passengers.

Krasnoyaskie airlines were reluctant to discuss the incident.

"All this was arranged by the passengers, this uproar," airline spokesman Ol'ga Trapeznikova told Izvestiya.

"In principle, there should be administrative sanctions against the instigators of this event," continued Ol'ga Trapeznikova. "The four persons who were removed from the flight were residents of Dagestan. They purchased their tickets in advance from the Mostrehvel tourist agency. They went through registration. Some of the media report that the woman was wearing a scarf, so someone may have assumed she was a terrorist because of that, but my coworkers tell me that all four were dressed normally, and they conducted themselves adequately, but when they showed up onboard the plane, the other passengers went into a panic and demanded that they be removed. Negotiations lasted more than four hours, and in the end the tourist agency agreed to pull them from the flight."

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IZVESTIYA READERS ANSWER ON THE SITE WWW. IZVESTIA.RU

"Do you support the actions of the passengers who refused to fly on the same airplane as the "suspicious woman in black scarves"?

"Yes" - 84.25%

"No" - 15.75%

1321 persons responded

I think we need a poll:

Will the Muslim people of Russia:

1. Whine and complain that their rights are being trampled


2. Demand that the airline be fined for 'racial' profiling


3. Threaten to bomb the airline


4. Promise Dire Revenge(tm)


5. Denounce the muslims who comitted the rape, murder, etc.. in the school