“The flight made an emergency landing due to the clinical death of a cancer patient, 62 years old ... Before the arrival of the ambulance crew, the passenger died,” they said in emergency services.
The Volgograd airport reported that the plane flew to Vladikavkaz at 16.15 local time (15.15 Moscow time) and landed at the destination in an hour.
Earlier it was reported that the plane following the flight Moscow - London, returned to the capital's Sheremetyevo airport half an hour after takeoff.