Unruly passenger causes Aeroflot Boeing 737 to divert landing

An Aeroflot Airline Boeing 737-800, en route from Surgut to Moscow Sheremetyevo (flight SU1515), changed course and landed at Russia’s Khanty-Mansiysk Airport Jan. 22 after an unruly passenger demanded the aircraft be diverted to Afghanistan. Russian media reported the unidentified passenger—who was...

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