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Russian plane leaves for Cuba, source says Edward Snowden not on board

A flight attendant said Snowden was not on the plane, and the seat he had been expected to occupy was taken by another passenger.

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Russian plane leaves for Cuba, source says Edward Snowden not on board
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A Russian plane left Moscow for Havana on Monday but there was no sign that former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden was on board, a Reuters correspondent on the plane said.

A flight attendant said Snowden was not on the plane, and the seat he had been expected to occupy was taken by another passenger.

A source at Russian carrier Aeroflot , which was operating the flight, said: "He didn't take the flight."

(Reporting by Ekaterina Golubkova and Lidia Kelly, Writing by Timothy Heritage, Editing by Elizabeth Piper)

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