OREANDA-NEWS The passenger died on the Ural Airlines plane, which was flying from Moscow to Tajikistan, the press service of the carrier told RIA Novosti.

"We confirm the fact, without details," the airline told the agency.

According to the Yekaterinburg portal E1.RU with reference to social networks, during the flight one of the passengers became ill, the flight attendants tried to help him. The plane landed in Samara, the resuscitation team arrived and pronounced the passenger dead, the newspaper said.