The Utair airline will offer compensation to all the passengers of the Boeing 737 which veered off the runway and skidded into a river after landing in the Russian city of Sochi, the company said on Saturday.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st September, 2018) The Utair airline will offer compensation to all the passengers of the Boeing 737 which veered off the runway and skidded into a river after landing in the Russian city of Sochi, the company said on Saturday.
Earlier in the day, Utair's passenger plane, which was going from Moscow to Sochi, veered into a river, damaging the undercarriage and a wing and causing the left engine to go up in flames. The fire was put out. At least 18 people on board were injured and an airport manager on duty, who had coordinated the evacuation, died of a heart attack.
"The air company is preparing compensations to be paid to all the passengers," Utair said in a statement.
A criminal investigation has been launched into the incident over delivering services which did not meet safety requirements.
