Two people were killed and more than 80 others injured when a passenger plane rolled off the runway after making an emergency landing at a Moscow airport, BBC reports, citing Russian officials.

The Russian-built TU-154 was carrying about 170 passengers and crew before all its three engines failed by the time it made an emergency landing at the Domodedovo airport.

The plane belonging to Dagestan Airlines had taken off from Vnukovo airport in Moscow, bound for Makhachkala in Dagestan.

The engine failure is under investigation. The most probable cause, however, according to experts, is a pilot mistake. There are reports the craft had experienced problems before take-off, but the crew decided to fly to Makhachkala

The brother of the President of Dagestan was among the passengers, fueling suspicions of foul play.

It was also reported that the same plane, just three weeks ago, carried the Belgium national football team for a friendly game, and the plane was used in Bulgaria and Kazakhstan before being purchased by Dagestan, according to the Czech news agency CHTK.

Russia's national carrier airline Aeroflot took all its remaining 23 TU-154 aircraft out of service in January, after a series of crashes led to safety fears.

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