The mysterious Russian plane that landed in Caracas without passengers and aroused all sorts of suspicions – 30/01/2019

There are not many airlines that land in Caracas these days. Most are gone. With little air traffic, the landing of an empty Russian airline at Simon Bolivar airport in Caracas woke up this Wednesday all kinds of guesswork

The plane is actually at the airport since Monday. He comes from the airline Nordwind Airlines. And the purpose of your visit is a mystery. The conjectures are many, especially if we take into account the support and defense that Vladimir Putin provided Nicolás Maduro, at its worst hour.

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The ship, a Boeing 777-200ER, registered VP-BJG, arrived from Vnukovo airport, outside Moscow, and landed at Maiquetia airport, at the airport. outside Caracas, according to the surveillance site Flight Radar 24..

The Russian airline is based in Moscow and covers the tourist routes to the destinations Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean. However, it also usually performs charter flights, which are hired to cover exceptional routes, said Wednesday the Peruvian daily La República.

Given the above, Venezuelan journalist Rafael Poleo said on his Twitter account that the plane, with a capacity of 500 people, arrived empty with the intention to bring together members of the chavis government and with a double crew, which would allow him to take off quickly if necessary.

Other reports on social networks indicated that the Boeing 777 was parked just off ramp 4, intended for the presidential plane.

But then, other versions started to circulate. As the plane actually came to extract 20 tons of gold of the Central Bank of Venezuela.

It is Venezuelan economist and MP José Guerra who denounced this version in Parliament on Tuesday.

"We receive information from officials of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), a plane from Moscow is expected to extract at least 20 tons of gold," he said.

The Reuters news agency has taken over speculation about the arrival of the plane in the middle of the political crisis in the country, where there is currently two Acting Presidents: Maduro and Juan Guaidó, who proclaimed himself acting president a week ago, with the support of much of the international community, especially the United States.

Reuters describes the ship as a "charter plane", parked in a private corner of the airport. He flew directly from Moscow, non-stop.

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Reuters reported on Friday that private military contractors, on missions to Russia, flew to Venezuela to strengthen Maduro's security during mbadive opposition protests last week, his aides said. . Something that the Kremlin has denied. But Maduro did not want to confirm.

According to the agency, neither Nordwind nor the Government of Venezuela immediately responded to requests for comments on the presence of the aircraft.

The Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported that the aircraft had only two crews and no pbadengers, although it is no wonder that flights to Venezuela arrive without pbadengers.