Air Serbia flight JU134 from Belgrade to Moscow turned back mid-flight on November 3, 2026, after security checks involving one of its passengers triggered an emergency review BBC. The aircraft, which carried prominent officials including Aleksandar Vulin, Dušan Bajatović, and Nenad Popović, was ordered to return to Nikola Tesla Airport after becoming one of the most tracked flights on Flightradar24 021, according to Nezavisne novine.
Air Serbia Flight JU134 Turns Back Over Lithuania
The Airbus A320 operating flight JU134 departed Belgrade at 18:48 on November 3, 2026, and turned back over Lithuania Nedeljnik. Milan Kuč, the director of corporate security at Nikola Tesla Airport, ordered the return after surveillance footage showed that Aleksandar Vulin had passed through security accompanied by a BIA official without completing the required screening Nezavisne novine. Air Serbia stated that the flight returned after the airline received information from airport services requiring additional security checks for a specific passenger BBC.
Prior to the turnaround, Kuč had issued an urgent internal email instructing staff to immediately report any large amounts of money or valuables found during passenger checks Serbiantimes.
Politicians Respond to Flight Interruption
Aleksandar Vulin dismissed the incident as a political stunt. Everything is a lie, harassment and an attempt to prove to these new authorities how ready they are here at the airport too, how they are on the front lines of their ideology.
So, of course everything is a lie, of course all of it is utter nonsense.
I am truly sorry and uncomfortable, so many people have returned, their lives are being disrupted, their obligations are being disrupted because of an attempt at a political showdown with me
, Vulin stated while appearing live on TV Informer 021.
He added that there is nothing illegal
and that everything was checked and inspected
021. I am completely calm, I know I am in the right.
And you know, I didn’t go to Moscow as a tourist, I went on official business.
I am going there to fight for our gas arrangement to be extended.
Not for you and me, but for all citizens of Serbia
, Vulin said 021. Vulin also described waking up on the aircraft: Spavao sam, čekamo da ponovo uđemo u avion
Telegraf.
Dušan Bajatović, director of Srbijagasa, stated that his own journey aimed to address gas supply and payment issues, distancing himself from the other politicians on board. Well, I don’t know their reasons, but I go to Moscow very often, you all know what I do, I am the director of Srbijagasa. Because it’s going to be winter, we will need additional quantities of gas and that is my reason for going, and why Mr. Vulin and Mr. Popović went, I don’t know
, Bajatović explained N1. He later confirmed to journalists that after the plane touched down in Belgrade, airport authorities conducted a thorough security inspection of every traveler and all baggage before passengers were cleared to board the aircraft for a second departure.
Prosecutors Examine Security Protocol Breaches
The Third Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade announced that the duty prosecutor was initially informed at 20:26 on November 3 that the aircraft returned because surveillance showed a passenger bypassing security with BIA accompaniment Insajder TV. Prosecutors later received a police service note indicating that an alarm had sounded during the passenger’s security screening, but no additional check was performed, and that these crucial details had not been communicated during the initial notification Insajder TV.
The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade also ordered urgent checks through its anti-corruption department to examine the circumstances of the return Nezavisne novine. Following the ground inspections, Air Serbia operated the flight again, and the aircraft landed in Moscow on November 4, 2026 Nezavisne novine.
A Serbian plane bound for Moscow was forced to turn back while flying over Lithuania. On the evening of November 3, an Air Serbia Airbus A320, operating flight JU134 from Belgrade to Moscow, reversed course while over Lithuanian airspace and returned to the airport in the…
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