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A photo of Prigozhin’s flight attendant Kristina Raspopova posted on Facebook showed her waiting at the airport cafe to board the jet.<\/p>\n
Before boarding, the 39-year-old told her family of an unexplained hold-up and suggested the aircraft was being “repaired” before the flight, according to VChK-OGPU Telegram channel.<\/p>\n
One of Kristina’s relatives said: “She said that she was in Moscow, she was going to fly out, today or tomorrow. The aircraft was under maintenance or some urgent repairs.<\/p>\n
“They were waiting for the flight. Some kind of maintenance, well nothing special.<\/p>\n
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