MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The incident occurred late Friday at the El Dorado airport with the jet skidding off the runway, the El Colombiano media outlet reported.
Nobody was injured in the incident.
“Thank God, everything is OK after the incident in El Dorado. There are no people injured. Thanks to the crew, national police and employees of the airport,” Cristo wrote on his Twitter page.
Llegando a Bogotá se accidentó el avión en el que viajaba @MinInterior @CristoBustos y toda su comitiva. Por fortuna todos están bien.
— MININTERIOR (@MinInterior) October 29, 2016
Along with the minister, there were ten more people in the plane. All of them were reportedly evacuated through the emergency exit.