1 dead, 8 injured in Russian jet emergency landing

MOSCOW: Russian news agencies says a passenger jet with 155 people on board has skidded off the runway at Moscow airport after its engines failed, killing one person and injuring eight.

The news agencies say the Dagestan Airlines Soviet-built Tu-154 was forced to make an emergency landing at Domodedovo Airport on Saturday.

The agencies quoted emergency officials as saying one person had died and eight injured. The cause of the engine failure was under investigation.