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Plane with no passengers crashes on takeoff at Moscow airport

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A plane with no passengers on board crashed during takeoff at Moscow's Vnukovo airport, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said Tuesday.
MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti) - A plane with no passengers on board crashed during takeoff at Moscow's Vnukovo airport, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said Tuesday.

Three crewmembers were injured in the crash, a police source told RIA Novosti.

The ministry said the plane could be either an Airbus A-310 bound for Berlin or a business-class jet Challenger-850.

An engine fire could be the cause of the accident.

The airport has been closed.

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