A passenger on a plane en route to Istanbul died during an emergency landing in Bucharest

The passenger who caused the emergency landing of an Airbus A321 in Romania could not be saved, the Telegram channel Mash reported .

According to the channel, he died on board after an emergency landing.

Previously, Baza reported that the emergency landing of the St. Petersburg-Istanbul flight in Romania occurred due to the deteriorating health of one of the passengers.

As the publication notes, an Airbus A321 operated by Turkish airline Pegasus, departing from St. Petersburg with Russian tourists on board, landed in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. During the flight, the condition of one of the passengers rapidly deteriorated, prompting the decision to issue a distress signal and land in Romania. A medical team was called for him. There were approximately 200 passengers on board at the time.

Previously, a passenger threatened to blow up the plane and forced it to make an emergency landing.