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Grozny Grounded by Bomb Threat


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Contact photographer Alexander Nikolaev

What: Grozny Avia Yakovlev Yak-42 en route from Moscow to Grozny
Where: Volgograd Russia
When: Oct 3 2010
Who: 73 passengers
Why: Several minutes after takeoff, an anonymous call from Belarus to the Vnukovo airport raised a bomb alert that forced the emergency landing of the flight in Volgograd.

Passengers disembarked and the plane has been isolated for examination.