The plane en route to Istanbul urgently boarded due to the passenger's poor health.

The reason for the emergency landing of the A321-251NX aircraft at Bucharest airport was the passenger's poor health. This was announced on April 20 by a source of Izvestia.

Earlier that day, a Pegasus Airlines flight en route from St. Petersburg to Istanbul was forced to land in Romania. The aircraft sent a distress signal two hours after the start of the flight. At that moment, it had already passed the Faguaras mountain range and was located near the town of Rymnicu-Vylca in the central part of Romania.

According to the source, the passenger is a Russian citizen. He became ill during the flight.

The news is being updated