Air traffic controllers observed a curious sight on their screens on Thursday.
A private jet carrying Jerome Valcke, Fifa's secretary general, should have completed its journey to Moscow.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter's loyal lieutenant was due there to help Russia mark 1,000 days until the start of its World Cup in 2018.
Instead, at some stage on its journey across Eastern Europe, the plane turned around and headed back to its departure point of Zurich.
Awaiting Valcke on arrival was the news he had been immediately suspended from his duties, put on leave and a formal investigation into his conduct was under way.
Blatter had spent part of Thursday trying to reach the heads of football's regional confederations - including Uefa's Michel Platini - to advise them Valcke would be suspended.
He is said to have received overwhelming support.
It is quite an ignominious end for Valcke, who has steered Fifa through some of its biggest logistical and political problems in recent years.
At face value, the reason for Valcke's sudden departure appears to stem from allegations, which emerged on Thursday, of wrongdoing in connection with the sale of Brazil World Cup tickets.
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