The Russian transport watchdog Rostransnadzor will carry out urgent checks of the Utair airline, airport of the city of Sochi and air traffic controllers after a passenger plane veered off a runway in Sochi ell into a river, a representative of the watchdog told Sputnik on Saturday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st September, 2018) The Russian transport watchdog Rostransnadzor will carry out urgent checks of the Utair airline, airport of the city of Sochi and air traffic controllers after a passenger plane veered off a runway in Sochi ell into a river, a representative of the watchdog told Sputnik on Saturday.
The Boeing 737 jet from Moscow with 164 passengers and six crew members on board skidded off the runway and fell into a river, damaging undercarriage and causing one of two engines to catch fire. At least 18 people on board were injured, including three children, the Russian Health Ministry said. From three up to six people have been hospitalized after the incident.
"Three urgent checks will be carried out: of the Utair airline, the airport of Sochi and air traffic controlling bodies," Rostransnadzor's representative said.
The Russian authorities have also created operational headquarters in the South and Ural Federal Districts.
