MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st September, 2018) A criminal probe was opened Saturday into a rough landing by a passenger plane that veered off a runway in the Russian city of Sochi, transport authorities said.
The Boeing 737 jet from Moscow with 164 passengers and six crew on board skidded off the runway and fell into a river, damaging undercarriage and causing one of two engines to catch fire. No one died.
"A criminal investigation has been opened into the emergency landing... on suspicion of inadequate services with a risk to clients' health," the southern transport department of Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement.
At least 18 people on board were injured, including three children, the Russian Health Ministry said. Airport authority said a first responder died from what appears to be a heart attack.
