A man has been found dead in the wheel well of an Irish registered passenger jet at a Moscow airport.

Investigators are examining flight recorders and other evidence to try to determine the cause of a plane crash in Moscow that left four people dead.

Four people were killed when a passenger plane careered off the runway at Russia’s third-busiest airport, broke into pieces and caught fire.

Two people have been killed in the crash of a passenger airliner at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, according to Russia’s Interior Ministry.

Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday a Syrian passenger plane forced to land in Ankara was carrying Russian-made munitions destined for Syria’s armed forces, ratcheting up tension with his country’s war-torn neighbour.

Moscow: Russian authorities detained four men who arrived at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on a flight from Istanbul with €15.2 million in cash.

Two people were killed and 83 injured when a passenger jet with 155 people on board skidded off the runway during an emergency landing at a Moscow airport today, Russian officials said.

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama and Kremlin leader Dmitry Medvedev agreed outline cuts in nuclear arsenals and a deal to let US troops fly across Russia, on the first day of an Obama visit intended to mend strained relations.

A jet carrying three crew members but no passengers crashed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport today, emergency and aviation officials said.

An Airbus A-310 jet crashed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport today, Russian news agencies reported, saying there were apparently only crew members aboard.

US President George Bush and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin sat down today for lunch and informal talks on ongoing nuclear disputes with North Korea and Iran, as the US leader paid an unusual visit to Moscow en route to a summit of Asian leaders.

George Bush was expected to hold a highly unusual meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin today when the US president’s plane makes a refuelling stop at a Moscow airport on the way to Asia.

Moscow’s Vnukovo airport was evacuated today after the discovery of a device resembling a bomb in baggage – but it turned out to be an electric razor.

Passengers were evacuated from an airliner at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport today after the discovery of a device resembling a bomb in a passenger’s baggage.

Saudi security forces have taken positions around a hijacked Russian plane as negotiations resume to end a stand-off with Chechen hijackers.