A Russian passenger jet has crash landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, killing at least two people.
The Red Wing Airlines Tu-204 aircraft split into three pieces after sliding off a runway and crashing into a main road on Saturday, according to the Interfax news agency.
Russia‘s state news channel Vesti said the plane had a crew of 12 aboard but was not carrying passengers.
State-run RIA news agency said two people had been killed. The cause of the crash is as yet unknown. Light snow was falling in Moscow at the time.
The Tu-204 is a twin-engine, medium-range jet with a capacity of 210 passengers.
An initial report from Interfax said the plane had landed hard on a main road.
A photograph posted on the internet showed smoking wreckage on a road by the airport.
“After a hard landing, the plane split into three pieces,” Yelena Krylova, chief spokeswoman for the airport, said in a TV interview.