Focus News, Bulgaria
Feb 14 2008

Crashed airplane in Yerevan was registered in Bulgaria

14 February 2008 | 13:10 | FOCUS News Agency

Yerevan. The Armenian President Robert Kocharyan has called an
extraordinary meeting where he has announced details surrounding the
crash of an airplane of the Belavia air company at the airport of
Zvartnotz in Yerevan, Novosti-Armenia reports.
The aircraft SRG-100 crashed on Thursday at 4.18 am local time,
shortly after takeoff. At an altitude of five meters, the plane
rolled severely to the left and after pilot’s attempt to stabilize
the aircraft, the right wing hit the ground. As a result the airplane
broke in half and caught fire.
There were no victims onboard. 6 of the 18 passengers were
hospitalized. According to the information the aircraft was
manufacture din 1999. It is owned by a German company, the
registration was made in Bulgaria and the exploitation is done by
Belarus.