2 die when jet rolls off Moscow runway, splits apart Two people died when a passenger airliner rolled off the runway at Moscow's Vnukovo airport and broke apart on Saturday, the country's interior ministry said. Ministry spokesman Gennady Bogachev announced the deaths on the government-run news channel Vesti. "After a hard landing, the plane split into three pieces," Yelena Krylova, chief spokeswoman for the airport, added in televised comments. The Tupolev 204 jet rolled more than 1,600 feet onto a highway before breaking up, Elena Smirnikh, deputy spokesperson for Russia's emergency ministry, told NBC News. Vesti reported that there were 12 people on board the aircraft operated by Moscow-based Red Wings Airlines. It was traveling from the Czech Republic. TV footage showed the wreckage of the plane. The plane's nose, including the cockpit area, appeared sheared off in a photo shown on Vesti. Light snow was falling in Moscow at the time, but it was not clear if weather was a factor. The Tu-204 is a twin-engine medium-range jet with a capacity of 210 passengers. The identities of the victims were not immediately available. Please check back for more updates. NBC News' Dmitry Solovyov, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.