Forget smoking cigarettes on an aircraft! This video shows what appears to be a Russian pilot and cabin crew smoking marijuana on board an airliner. Despite the fact I’ve seen reports of this as a freight aircraft – like that would make any difference – there are cabin crew, suggesting a passenger service – despite the fact that passengers are not seen (it could well be a dead-head sector).
I have no idea if it’s real or fake. The appliances in the galley don’t look like anything I’ve ever seen, the sinks are non-standard (more like something you would find in a home kitchen) – yet other areas of the galley appear to be genuine. There are a couple of shots where you can clearly see an area behind the crew that looks like the extended fuselage of an aircraft.
So, Is it real? Short answer – I don’t know. I’ve heard stories about Russian aviation that leaves me little doubt that this may be legitimate. 30,000 feet just isn’t high enough for some people.
Does anybody recognise the uniform; or can anybody translate the language?
Marty is a Grade 1 multi-engine/IFR flight instructor. He's spent most of his flying life to date in various turboprop types but is currently a Boeing 777 First Officer. Marty is also a programmer and operates a number of non-aviation businesses. You can read Marty's posts here or follow him on Twitter.
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Marty holds an airline transport (fixed-wing) licence, commercial (helicopter) licence and has also indulged in hang gliding, gliding and skydiving. He is a grade one flight instructor and holds instrument/multi engine training approvals. Marty is currently a Boeing 777 First Officer and CRM facilitator. 
Ken flew the Boeing 747-400 with Cathay Pacific, Airbus 310 with Emirates, and flew the Boeing 777 200/300 with Emirates for 10 years as a training captain. Ken is now a Check and Training on the Boeing 777-300ER with V Australia.
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Surely this is fake?
Hi, I checked with a Russian friend and she says it’s Pulkovo Airlines (now Rossiya), and the plane is an Il-86. The bottle is also a Russian backstreet way of smoking weed. Cheers.
Thanks a lot for the information Aaron.
Remind me to never fly in Russia. From the looks of your blog I’m either going to a passenger to a dope smoking pilot or I’ll have to deal with sexually liberated bikini washing models in the back. It’s worth a trip to Russia just to find out what it’s really like.