Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct.26 / Trend, E.Ismayilov /
Details about the flight were added (the first version was posted at 14:55)
Today, security guards at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport have detained Azerbaijani citizen Bakhtiyar Garashov, who attempted to sneak a firearm into a Baku-Kiev flight.
Azerbaijan Airlines spokesman Maharram Safarli told Trend.
He said a firearm was found when searching the detainee's carry-on baggage. Garashov was detained and handed over to the Azerbaijani National Security Ministry.
The fact is under investigation.
An Airbus 320-200 aircraft carrying out Baku-Kiev flight was supposed to depart at 9:41 (Baku time).