ROSTOV-ON-DON, November 26. /TASS/. The Azimut airlines' Sukhoi Superjet-100 caught fire after landing in Antalya due to a leak from a damaged fuel tank, the air carrier’s CEO Eduard Teplitsky has told TASS.

"Fuel leaked from a damaged fuel tank onto the concrete runway to catch fire," he said.

The company is currently assessing the damage. The airplane was insured.

On Sunday evening, a Sukhoi Superjet-100 of Azimut Airlines (Flight A45051 from Sochi) caught fire while landing at Antalya airport. The fire was promptly extinguished. There were no casualties: the 89 passengers and 6 crew members on board were safely evacuated by inflatable slides.

Some of the Russians safely left the airport. The passengers who were to board a return flight to Sochi arrived in Russia on a standby plane.