YEREVAN. – A tragic incident occurred, on Friday afternoon, at Zvartnots International Airport of Armenia’s capital city Yerevan. 

A plane, en route from the United Arab Emirates to Ukraine, made an emergency landing at Zvartnots. 

The cause for the forced landing was the fact that a passenger aboard the plane had fallen ill, the airport sources of Armenian News-NEWS.am informed.

By landing the plane they attempted to provide medical assistance to the passenger, but the 37-year-old man could not be saved.   

He is believed to have been a resident of Ukraine.