The plane with Yavlinsky on board was depressurised on the way from Grozny [to Moscow]
Interfax, 07.03.2017, 14:08
Pohto by Valery Sharifulin, TASS
Moscow. 7 March. INTERFAX.RU – Depressurisation took place in an airplane where Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko leader and presidential candidate, was returning from Grozny to Moscow on Tuesday, said party spokesman Igor Yakovlev.
“They flew from Grozny to Moscow, and when they were about to reach the airport [in Moscow], the pilot announced depressurisation of the cabin, although they themselves did not feel it, but the problem was that the plane began to drop sharply, literally in a few minutes from a height of 10,000 meters to 4,000 – 5,000 meters,” Yakovlev told Interfax.
According to him, this caused unpleasant feelings among passengers, “people just grabbed their heads, someone was bleeding from ears, three ambulances were meeting the plane.”
“Yavlinsky’s ears are heavily laid, he still experiences discomfort in this regard, but in general everything is all right with him,” the Yabloko spokesman added.
On Tuesday Yavlinsky attended the court [hearings] on prolongation of the arrest to Oyub Titiyev, Chairman of the Chechen representation of the human rights centre Memorial, who had been accused of drug trafficking. Yavlinsky petitioned that the court dismiss Titiyev under his personal guarantee.
A source in the emergency services in his turn told Interfax that “the incident occurred the previous evening around 5:00 pm Moscow time.” “The crew of the Boeing-737 aircraft, which was leaving Grozny for Moscow, reported an emergency on board – depressurisation of the aircraft and requested an emergency reduction from an altitude of 8,000 meters to a flight level of about 3,000 meters,” the source said.
The pilots managed to reach the destination airport in Moscow at a low level. “The plane landed safely in [the] Vnukovo [airport].” After landing, the experts of the airport services began a comprehensive assessment of the state of the aircraft,” the source said.
Source: http://www.interfax.ru/russia/602789
Translated by Yabloko
Read about the Oyub Titiyev case here.
Posted: March 7th, 2018 under Human Rights, Presidential elections 2018.