A man has died after he was run over by a plane on a Sheremetyevo airport runway in Moscow late on Tuesday.

The Interfax news agency reported that the man had been deported from Madrid and had arrived in Moscow on his way to Armenia.

But he escaped officers who were escorting him to an airport bus and darted across the airport.

He was hit by an Aeroflot Boeing 737 which was taking off on a flight to Athens. 

The alarm was raised by the jet's crew, who thought they had hit an animal. The plane flew on to Athens and landed safely, but human remains were found on the fuselage and undercarriage. 

An investigation is underway.

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