Russia asks for extradition of man who threatened to blow up plane

Russia has asked the Czech Republic to extradite a Russian citizen who threatened to detonate a bomb onboard a Russian plane last December. The aircraft flying from Moscow to Geneva was forced to make an emergency landing in Prague where the 32-year-old man was arrested. No explosive device was found. Under Russian law he could be sentenced to up to three years in prison. If tried by Czech courts he faces between three and fifteen years in jail.