Berlin, May 1, 2026 (AFP) - Lufthansa apologises for lost Oscar after US airport security row

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2026-05-01

German airline Lufthansa on Friday said it had apologised to Russian filmmaker Pavel Talankin for losing his Oscar statuette after US airport security banned him from taking it on a flight from New York. After a frantic search, Lufthansa said it found the missing statuette. Talankin, who won an Academy Award for his documentary "Mr Nobody Against Putin", was prevented from taking the trophy on board a flight at JFK Airport on Wednesday, film indu......

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