"The Urals transport prosecutor's office sent to court the criminal case on the illegal boarding of an aircraft by a minor," a spokesman said.
Former airport security official Yury Naugolnykh has been charged with violating flight safety rules and faces up to two years in prison, he said.
In September 2007 Andrei Shcherbakov, aged 15 at the time, clambered into the wheel well of a Tu-154M's wing and almost froze to death in a two-hour flight to Moscow from Perm. He had to have all the fingers on the right hand amputated later.
Prosecutors said Naugolnykh failed to thoroughly inspect the aircraft before the flight, which led to the incident. Naugolnykh was not placed in custody awaiting trial.
The boy reportedly made the journey after a family argument which ended with Andrei running away to his grandmother's village. On reaching the village, he decided to go on, and hitched a 220-km (137-mile) ride to the regional center, Perm, where he was dropped off at the airport.
After reaching the capital, Shcherbakov collapsed onto the tarmac. His arms and legs were so severely frozen that rescuers were at first unable to remove his coat and shoes. Doctors said it was nothing short of a miracle that he survived the flight.
After the incident, the Urals transport prosecutor's office held large-scale checks of aviation security in several regions, which resulted in 12 criminal cases launched.
