Russian Aeroflot company’s Tashkent-Moscow flight (SU1871) carried out by A330 aircraft was interrupted on its way to destination on 21 December, passengers of the flight told Gazeta.uz.

This is the second such incident in the last 10 days. On 12 December, same flight (but another airplane) had to be cancelled after take-off due a problem with the door lock in luggage compartment.

According to the passengers, plane on Wednesday’s flight took off at about 4:45 (scheduled time is 4:30), but about one hour later the crew said the plane was returning back. The liner landed in Tashkent at around 6:50.

At present, the plane is being checked at Tashkent airport. Scheduled departure time is 20:00.