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Two killed, dozens injured in Russia plane accident

Agencies Published December 4, 2010

Nearly two dozen ambulances were on their way to the site of the accident, Interfax reported. —File Photo
Nearly two dozen ambulances were on their way to the site of the accident, Interfax reported. —File Photo
MOSCOW: Two people were killed and dozens injured Saturday when a passenger plane made an emergency landing at a Moscow airport, a transport investigators spokeswoman told the Interfax news agency. “As a result of the TU-154 making an emergency landing at Domodedovo airport, two people died and several dozens were injured,” said Tatyana Morozova, a spokeswoman for Moscow transport investigators.

The TU-154 airliner from Dagestan Airlines was forced into an emergency landing half an hour after taking off because of engine failure, a source in the Russian Civil Aviation agency told the RIA Novosti news agency.

Nearly two dozen ambulances were on their way to the site of the accident, Interfax reported.

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