2 Dead as Russian Jet Loses Engines, Crash Lands

Same Tu-154 plane Polish president died in
By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 4, 2010 8:33 AM CST
2 Dead as Russian Jet Loses Engines, Crash Lands
The crash site where Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's most prominent leaders died Saturday, April 10, 2010 aboard a Tu-154.   (AP Photo/TVP via APTN)

A Russian jet that lost two engines at 30,000 feet lost its remaining engine as it crash-landed outside Moscow today, killing two people and injuring another 40, reports the AP. The cause of engine failure was unclear, officials said. The Dagestan Airlines Tu-154 is the same model that crashed in Russia in April, killing Polish President Lech Kaczynski and everyone aboard.

Aeroflot recently retired all its Tu-154s over safety concerns, and the jet, a standard for small Russian airlines, has been banned for excessive noise from Europe. (More Russian plane crash stories.)

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