An Air Serbia flight that was supposed to fly from Serbia to Russia ended up turning around over Lithuania, in order for additional security checks to be carried out on passengers. The circumstances surrounding this sure are unusual, given who was onboard.

Air Serbia flight returns to Belgrade over “security” concern

Was this Air Serbia diversion politically motivated, or…?

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Air Serbia flight returns to Belgrade over “security” concern

This incident happened on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and involves Air Serbia flight JU134, scheduled to fly from Belgrade (BEG) to Moscow (SVO). The 1,074-mile flight was operated by an Airbus A320 with the registration code YU-APH . The flight was scheduled to depart at 6:25PM and land at 11:40PM, with a two hour time change, so it was blocked at 3hr15min.

The plane took off at 6:48PM, basically on schedule, and it started flying north, over Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, and then Lithuania.…