Vladimir Putin 'approved plan to shoot down hijacked plane' heading for Sochi Games

Russian president Vladimir Putin has said in a new documentary that he approved of a plan to shoot down a hijacked passenger jet four years ago.

A Ukrainian man tried to hijack a Turkey-bound flight and demanded that it go to Sochi as the Winter Olympics were about to start there in February 2014. The Sochi Games were Mr Putin's pet project designed to showcase Russia.