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Jet rolls off Moscow runway, splits apart

By NBC News staff and wire reports

Two people died when a passenger airliner rolled off the runway at Moscow's Vnukovo airport and broke apart on Saturday, the country's interior ministry said.

Ministry spokesman Gennady Bogachev announced the deaths on the government-run news channel Vesti.

"After a hard landing, the plane split into three pieces," Yelena Krylova, chief spokeswoman for the airport, added in televised comments.?

The Tupolev 204 jet rolled more than 1,600 feet onto a highway before breaking up, Elena Smirnikh, deputy spokesperson for Russia's emergency ministry,?told NBC News.


Vesti reported that there were 12 people on board the aircraft operated by Moscow-based Red Wings Airlines. It was traveling from the Czech Republic.

TV footage showed the wreckage of the plane.?The plane's nose, including the cockpit area, appeared sheared off in a photo shown on Vesti.?

Light snow was falling in Moscow at the time, but it was not clear if weather was a factor.

The Tu-204 is a twin-engine medium-range jet with a capacity of 210 passengers.

The identities of the victims were not immediately available.

This is a breaking news story. Please check back for more updates.

NBC News' Dmitry Solovyov, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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