Sri Lanka suddenly seized a Russian plane

The Colombo High Court of Commerce on June 2 ordered the arrest of the Aeroflot plane following a complaint filed by Ireland’s Celestial Aviation Trading Company, and the order is valid until June 16, according to the report. News First. The plane seized was an Airbus A330, carrying nearly 200 people, and the incident happened shortly before the plane was due to return to Moscow, an official at Bandaranaike International Airport, north of the capital, told AFP. Colombo.

A plane belonging to Russian airline Aeroflot during a landing at Sheremetyevo International Airport outside Moscow Reuters

After many Western countries imposed sanctions on Russia because military campaign In Ukraine, aircraft leasing companies have asked Moscow to return leased planes for fear of being affected and embargoes have prevented them from maintaining financial relationships with Russian airlines, according to RT.

However, Russia continued to withhold the majority of the leased aircraft, arguing that the demand for the return of the aircraft violated the lease. Moscow has also begun to register leased planes in Russia to keep those planes in service.

RT quotes information from the site Airfleets The plane, which was seized in Sri Lanka, was registered in Russia at the end of April and was previously registered in Bermuda, a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic.

Aeroflot said that the trial on the return of the aforementioned aircraft is scheduled to take place on June 8, according to RT. Company travel Russia Intourist said the passengers on board the captured plane were being accommodated in a hotel near the airport.