Vietnam Airlines’ passenger injured in Moscow bomb attack
Vietnam Airlines’ spokesperson Le Hoang
Dung said on January 25 that after the terrorist bombing at the airport,
flight VN526 from Moscow to Ho Chi Minh City with 105 passengers
aboard which took off at 7.35 pm on January 24 (local time), 28 minutes
late. The flight then landed Tan Son Nhat airport at 9.35 am the
following day.
According to information provided by the
Demodedovo airport authorities, all of the Vietnamese passengers, planes
and assets are safe, except the Russian passenger on flight VN527 from
Ho Chi Minh City to Moscow . He was on his way to the arrival area
when the attack occurred and was later taken to hospital, said Dung.
After
the explosion, Vietnam Airlines worked with Domodedovo airport’s
authorities and the security agencies of both countries to tighten
measures to ensure security and safety at the airport and assist other
agencies to conduct necessary passenger support procedures./.