Passenger died on board a plane flying from Moscow to Chita

A passenger died in the Ural Airlines airplane, which was flying from Moscow to Chita. This was reported on December 17 by the press service of the airline.

"On flight U693 (Moscow - Chita) a male passenger died," - TASS quoted the press service as saying.

The airline added that the return flight from Chita to Moscow had to be postponed due to the work of the police and the Investigative Committee.

Earlier, in the fall of this year, a passenger on a flight from Moscow to Samara died during the flight. It is reported that the passenger became ill and the plane made an emergency landing in Ulyanovsk, but the doctors who arrived on the scene stated that the man had died.