Russia's transportation minister says a supervisor at Sochi airport has died during an emergency response after a landing plane careered off the end of the runway and caught fire.

The health ministry says 18 people were injured in the accident, as the Utair-operated plane from Moscow, carrying 164 passengers and six crew members, was landing. Transportation minister Yevgeny Ditrikh said airport shift supervisor Vladimir Begiyan, who was one of the first responders to the accident, died of a heart attack at the scene. The cause of the crash has not been determined.