This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a representative of JSC Uzbekistan Airports.
He noted that we are talking about flight SU271 of Aeroflot airlines.
The landing was made at 15:52 Moscow time.
According to him, the aircraft commander requested a landing in Samarkand due to the fact that one of the passengers began labor pains.
Earlier, actor Oscar Kuchera told Izvestia about a plane landing at a military base in India because of a mine report.