MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st September, 2018) Eighteen people were injured Saturday when an airliner veered off the runway and slid into a river in the Russian city of Sochi, the Health Ministry said.
"At the moment, there are 18 injured, including three children. There are no fatalities," the ministry said in a statement.
Those injured received necessary medical assistance, authorities said, adding Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova was closely watching the situation.
Utair, the airline which owns the Boeing 737 passenger plane, said Flight UT579 going from Moscow to Sochi skidded into a river, damaging the undercarriage and a wing and causing the left engine to go up in flames. The fire was put out.
An emergency official told Sputnik earlier that six people were injured, four were hospitalized with burns. There were 164 passengers and six crew on board.
