Airlines
Russian S7 Flight Delayed after Man Sees ‘ghosts Of Wagner Mercenaries onboard
According to reports, a passenger on a Russian S7 Airlines flight was taken from the aircraft after apparently freaking out when he saw a group of Wagner Group mercenaries onboard.
The man, identified only as Vitaly, 39, by Russian media outlets Baza and Mash, was captured in a viral video on Thursday shouting aboard a flight leaving Novosibirsk for St. Petersburg.
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“Stop. Put an end to the takeoff. “I’m not kidding,” the man was quoted as adding. “Pause the takeoff. Do it quickly. Stop the takeoff as soon as possible. Do it quickly. I get what you mean. Stop. Put an end to the takeoff. Make a stop.”
The passenger pleaded with the flight crew to hold off taking off because he saw “three ghosts of Wagner mercenaries who were watching him,” according to Anton Gerashchenko, who posted the video on Twitter.
It should be remembered that Wagner mercenaries actively participated in both the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and Russia’s private military force, which was put on hold after a failed mutiny headed by Yevgeny Prigozhin in June.
The staff was unable to calm him down. Gerashchenko said, which was also reported by Baza, “In the end, the man was carried away by police and transferred to a psychiatric facility. Baza said that the man, who was traveling with his mother, was calm during check-in and boarding but jumped up from his seat during the Taxiing. The aircraft was delayed by two hours as a result of the incident, according to the report.
