S7 Airlines plane makes emergency landing at Urgench airport

A plane of S7 Airlines, performing flight SB-I3313 on the Moscow-Karshi route, urgently landed at the Urgench international airport at 01:42 on Tuesday, JSC Uzbekistan Airports reported.

Photo: RIA Novosti / Vitaly Ankov

The reason for landing was a sudden deterioration of the health of one of the passengers – a citizen of Tajikistan. The crew decided to land the aircraft at the nearest airport.

After landing at the airport, an ambulance came and took the passenger to the hospital in Urgench for medical assistance.

The S7 Airlines plane took off for Karshi at 02:31 local time.