Russia’s Aeroflot plane has been searched by British authorities at London Heathrow airport. Russian Foreign Ministry called it “provocation”.
The British police went aboard an Aeroflot plane, which arrived from Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow to the British capital on Thursday. The officers said they needed to inspect the plane and demanded the crew to leave the plane. The captain refused to leave the aircraft as it’s against regulations to inspect an aircraft in the absence of the crew. The authorities proceeded with the search without releasing the commander from his cabin.
“We’re speaking of another provocation by the British authorities,” Maria Zakharova, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said, commenting on a search performed aboard an Aeroflot carrier plane in the British capital.
The spokeswoman suggested the British authorities needed this “provocation” to save their “reputation, undermined by the so-called Skripal case.” The relations between Moscow and London hit a new low after the UK accused Russia of poisoning double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter.
Zakharova called London’s actions “unacceptable, dangerous and irresponsible,” and added that Russian embassy staff was heading to the airport where the search of the plane took place.
