“SU-233 Delhi-Moscow at 9:30 (7:30 Moscow time) was forced to land at the Tashkent airport,” the source said to RIA Novosti.
According to him, an Indian citizen had an attack of appendicitis, which is why the crew of the plane requested a landing in Tashkent.
An ambulance was sent to the plane, the victim was hospitalized.
The flight will continue to Moscow.
Earlier, a passenger plane of the Jetstar airline, heading from Tokyo Narita Airport to Fukuoka, made an emergency landing at the airport in Nagoya.
The reason for the landing was the received message about the threat of an explosion.