For 43 years of work, the Honored pilot of Russia Yuri Sytnik flew 22 thousand hours. The most terrible of them – in 1991, when the bomb began to explode in the cabin flying on the route Moscow – Novosibirsk.
That day, a certain Yevgeny Volodin rose on the side of the aircraft, 26 years old, a joiner from Novokuznetsk. With you, he carried 2 bottles with an incendiary mixture.
During the flight, Volodin rose from his place and headed for the pilot’s cabin. He grabbed the bottle and set fire to the wick. The combustible mixture, which was there, exploded. A fire started. At that moment, the crew was professionally worked. Festrols were able to prevent chaos. Pilots confidently sent a plane to the nearest airport – to Ekaterinburg. The fight against the terrorist joined the Opera Compact KGB Vladimir Ilyich Popov, who was on board as an ordinary passenger. The terrorist was detained before the arrival of the capture group arrives. The crew members and the passengers who showed personal courage were presented to the President of Russia.
Yu.St. In an interview with the newspaper “Arguments and Facts”, said that thanks to the information received from the detained Volodin, the information managed to prevent a number of similar terrorist attacks in St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad and other cities: “When the trial was preparing, we were explained to the KGB, What he fell under the influence of Armenian nationalists who wanted to draw attention to Nagorno-Karabakh. Apparently, Volodin was an extremely inspired man. In any case, instead of the highest measure, he seemed to be “a ticket” in a mental hospital. “