The private Tajik air company “Somon Air” had to stop its flight Dushanbe-Moscow today due to the epileptic seizure of a child who was in the airplane. As “AP” was informed by the press-secretary of “Somoni Air”, Timur Bandishoev, there was a child with epilepsy accompanied by the doctor in the airplane.

“During the flight over the territory of Uzbekistan a child had an epileptic seizure, - Bandishoev said. – The doctor said there was a need to hospitalize the child. A decision has been taken to return the airplane back to Dushanbe”.

The press secretary stressed out that the airplane then urgently took its new direction to Dushanbe and after some time has landed in the capital’s airport. The child was hospitalized and the plane took off to Moscow again at 12.00 of Dushanbe time.