One more passenger of the Tu-154
plane that made an emergency landing in Moscow’s Domodedovo airport died in
hospital late Saturday, raising the death toll of the accident to three, local
media reported citing a source.

An image of the Tu-154 plane after its emergency landing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, which was recorded on a passenger’s cellphone, on Dec. 4, 2010. At least two people were killed and 87 were injured when a Tu-154 plane skidded off the runway during an emergency landing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport Saturday, local media reported. (Xinhua/Lu Jinbo)

According to the source from Dagestan,
the North Caucasus republic, the third victim was Dagestan president’s brother
Gadzhimurad Magomedov, who had got serious injuries during the emergency
landing.

“His seat was in the first class, close
to the cockpit. He was hurt badly and died in hospital,” the source was quoted
as saying by RIA Novosti news agency.

Earlier on Saturday, the Dagestani
president Magomedsalam Magomedove told reporters that his brother was among the
injured passengers.

The Dagestan Airline plane, en route
from Moscow to Dagestan’s capital Makhachkala, was forced to make the emergency
landing due to engine failure after it took off from Moscow’s Vnukovo airport
Saturday afternoon.

During the landing, it skidded off the
runway, crashed into a small hill and broke into three parts. So far, three
people were killed and over 80 people were injured.

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