Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The plane of the Russian airline Azur Air, operating flight ZF4002 on the route Phuket — Moscow, made an emergency landing in Tashkent. The aircraft landed at 18:50 local time at Tashkent airport.

The crew decided to go to the alternate airfield due to the deterioration of the passenger’s health.

After landing at the airport, the passenger was picked up by an ambulance and hospitalized in a medical institution to provide qualified medical care.

The reason for the forced landing of the aircraft at Tashkent airport was the poor health of the passenger – a Russian citizen born in 1994 was hospitalized accompanied by another passenger of this flight to one of the medical institutions of the capital. 

Flight ZF4002 of the Russian airline Azur Air took off for Moscow at 20:00 Tashkent time with 336 passengers on board.