Small airliner on fire in Norway

OSLO, Oct 10 (Reuters) A small airliner carrying 16 passengers was in flames after slipping off the runway at a western Norway airport, public broadcaster NRK said today.

''There were 16 passengers on board,'' Hararld Muklebust from the regional police in Stord told NRK. ''The cause and extent of the accident is still unclear.'' Reuters LL DS1150