2 Dead after Light-Engine Plane Crashes in Moscow Region

Two people died after a light-engine plane crashed in the Moscow region, the emergency services told TASS.

"A plane crashed in the Stupino district near the village of Malino. Two people died," the source said.

According to the Main Directorate of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry for the Moscow region, there were no casualties or destruction on the ground.

The Russian Investigative Committee told TASS that a criminal case had been opened, investigators and criminologists were working at the scene.

The light-engine Yakovlev Yak-52 civilian plane took off from Malino near Stupino in the Moscow region, according to the agency.

The preliminary data reported that the pilot and one of the passengers died in the accident.