BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- A passenger plane skidded off a wet runway and into the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday in Colombia, causing minor injuries to seven people, aviation officials said.

The Brazilian-made Embraer 190 plane operated by operated by Aero Republica was carrying 54 passengers and five crew members from Cali to Santa Marta, a tourist destination on Colombia's north coast.

After landing at Simon Bolivar Airport, it skidded along the wet tarmac and slid halfway into the water, civil air authority spokesman Martin Gonzalez told The Associated Press. The plane was evacuated.

Aero Republica is a subsidiary of Copa, Panama's national airline.

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