This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a representative of the transport department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the North Caucasus Federal District.
“One of the passengers on the Moscow-Burgas flight forgot to hand in a traumatic gun before boarding, which was reported to the stewardess, and she was a flight attendant,” a representative of the department said.
According to him, "after that it was decided to land the aircraft at the airport of Rostov-on-Don."
He also said that the passenger was taken to the call center, where it turned out that everything was in order with the license for the weapon. But at the same time, for violation of safety requirements, a protocol on an administrative offense was drawn up.
In turn, Anna Zakharenkova, director of public relations at Sheremetyevo Airport, said that at the moment "an internal audit is being carried out on the fact of the incident."
Earlier it was reported that the plane of the airline "Ural Airlines", flying from Krasnodar to Irkutsk, made an emergency landing in Yekaterinburg.