OSLO (BBCN News) -- A charter plane carrying 16 passengers has caught fire after skidding off a runway as it landed in Norway.

Thirteen people were reported to have been rescued from the burning aircraft at Stord airport, with rescuers searching for the others on board.

Anders Bang-Andersen, of the Norwegian Rescue Centre, told the Associated Press news agency the plane had taken off from Sola airport, near Stavanger.

The aircraft was operated by Atlantic Airways of the Faroe Islands.

The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.

The BAe 146-200 jet was en route from Stavanger, in south-west Norway, and was due to fly on to Molde further up the coast after a stopover in Stord.