Tu-154 makes emergency landing in Moscow airport

A Tu-154 aircraft made an emergency landing in Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Saturday. Two people were killed and at least 86 were injured in the accident.

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The aircraft departed for the southern Russian city of Makhachkala from Moscow's Vnukovo airport at 2.07 pm Moscow Time (11.07 GMT).

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Several minutes after the take-off the crew members reported that all three engines of the plane had failed.

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Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, said that along with the engines, Tu-154 also had its power sources and navigation equipment failed.

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Nine crew members and 163 passengers were on board the troubled aircraft. In the photo: passengers of the Tu-154 plane at the Domodedovo airport.

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Dagestan President's brother, Gadzhimurad Magomedov was on board the Tupolev-154 plane. In the photo: passengers of the Tu-154 plane at the Domodedovo airport.

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A special commission was established in Moscow to investigate the causes of the accident.
In the photo: An eyewitness of the accident.