After takeoff and about 45 minutes in the air, a loss of cabin pressure forced pilots of flight XQ943 to make an emergency landing at the Latvian capital's airport. The incident was first reported by Iltalehti.

After the loss of pressure in the cabin, oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling and descended almost immediately afterwards, the paper reported a passenger said.

The plane landed without further incident.

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