Emergency Landing in Russia: The fight was started by a well known hockey player who played in the NHL.

"The business class passenger did not calculate the body's capabilities, abused whiskey and lost control of himself, he started screaming about flight attendants and getting himself away, and after refusing to let himself be caught, he still bitten uniformly on board and then hit the flight attendant "told the airport, informs" Sport- Express".

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The plane landed at Voronezh at the request of the pilots. The authors of the fight having failed to calm down, he was handed over to the transport police, who initiated an administrative action against small hooliganism .

Oleg Saprykin, 37, was a whistler. In Russia he acted for the Moscow Army, Dynamo, SKA, Sochi, "Motorist" and "Salavat Yulayev". In the NHL, he played 325 games with Calgary and Phoenix.

In 2009, the hockey player became the world champion of the Russian national team who won the gold medal at Bernese Switzerland and won in 2011 the Gagarin Cup of Salavat Yulayev . Saprykin finished his career in the 2015/16 season and since then he has not found a permanent place to work.

Oleg Saprykin denies receiving any information. "Immediately, I will say that there was no fight, I did not touch or touch anyone, nor my neighbors, no, God forbid, flight attendants. not even guess where this information comes from.I have been drinking quietly sitting with my wife in business class And suddenly landed unexpectedly in Voronezh, – Saprykin said.

The athlete noted that one passengers were really dissatisfied with his wife's behavior

"We were receiving normal services. They brought everything to the hour. Behind, in economy class, a passenger sits, dissatisfied with our behavior. We may have been noisy, but it was a new year, a vacation, "said the hockey player.

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