Lragir, Armenia
Feb 14 2008

THE AIA NEWS RELEASE

The Public Relations Department of the Armenia International Airports
company issued a news release today: `On February 14, 2008 at 4.20 am
the aircraft SRG-100 of Belavia Airways performing flight number 1834
Yerevan-Minsk while running for take-off was damaged, turned over and
started to burn.

The three fire brigades of the Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting
Service immediately localized the fire and extinguished it. Due to
the taken immediate reaction measures and due to the high readiness
of the Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Service all the 18 passengers
and the 3 crew members were evacuated, the injured were transported
to Erebuni and Malatia medical centers. No people suffered grave
injuries." The
AIA Public Relations Department reports that the fire fighting
service of the Armenian International Airports was set up over a year
ago.