Dagestani president's brother Gadzhimurad Magomedov, who was seriously injured during an emergency landing of a Dagestan-bound plane at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport, died in hospital on Saturday, a source in the Dagestani government said.
"Magomedov's seat was in the first class, close to the cockpit. He received serious injuries and died in hospital," the source said.
The Dagestan Airlines' Tupolev-154 plane made an emergency landing at Domodedovo Airport several minutes after it took off from Moscow's Vnukovo Airport for Dagestan's capital, Makhachkala, on Saturday afternoon. Two people were killed and about 80 were injured during the landing, which took place after all three engines of the plane successively failed.
Earlier in the day, Dagestani President Magomedsalam Magomedov expressed his condolences to the relatives of those killed in the accident.
The Dagestani authorities have pledged to pay 250,000 rubles (about $8,300) to the relatives of the victims. Those seriously injured in the accident will be paid 100,000 rubles (about $3,300), moderately injured people will get 50,000 rubles (about $1,600), and 30,000 rubles (about $1,000) will be allocated to those with minor injuries.
A reserve plane with passengers of the troubled aircraft will leave Moscow at 08:00am Moscow time (05:00 GMT) on Sunday, a Dagestan Airlines' representative said. The plane was initially supposed to depart for Dagestan late on Saturday, but the flight was suspected to give investigators enough time to question the passengers, he said. RIA Novosti
