The commander of the Boeing en route to St. Petersburg died on board the plane

According to RIA Novosti, the airliner made an emergency landing at Omsk airport on September 18 at 22:40 local time.

The decision was made by the co-pilot.

“The resuscitation ambulance team arrived at the airport 10 minutes before the plane landed.

The brigade ascertained the death of the pilot before providing medical assistance, ”the press service of the regional Ministry of Health said in a statement.

In August, at the airport in the city of Beloyarsky in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a man was hit by the propeller of an An-24 aircraft, he died at the scene.