Hijjah 28, 1431 H/Dec 04, 2010, SPA -- A Tupolev passenger plane with more than 170 people on board crashed on takeoff Saturday at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, with at least two passengers killed, the Civil Defence Ministry said. According to the Interfax agency, the ministry said 40 people were injured when all three of the Tu-154 plane's engines failed on takeoff. The plane landed back down harshly onto the runway and then raced along into a field before coming to a halt, as dpa reported. There were 163 passengers and 9 crew on board the plane, which was taking off on a flight to the Dagestan capital Makhachkala. General prosecutor Yuri Tchalka had begun heading a team investigating the crash. Officials at Domodedovo airport said the facility's other air operations continued as normal, with traffic diverted to the airport's second runway.
