The Moscow Times, Russia
Feb 15 2008
Belarussian Jet Flips Over
Combined Reports
A Belavia plane carrying 21 people crashed on takeoff from Armenia’s
capital early Thursday, injuring at least 10 people, the head of the
country’s civil aviation authority said.
The plane, a Bombardier CRJ-100, was heading for Minsk when it
flipped over on the runway at Zvartnots Airport and burst into flames
after hitting the runway on takeoff at 4:15 a.m., Artyom Movsesyan
said.
He said there were 18 passengers and three crewmembers aboard. Ten
people were hospitalized with injuries. A spokesman for the airport,
Gevorg Abramyan, said none of the injuries appeared to be
life-threatening.
A spokeswoman for the civil aviation authority, Gayane Davtyan, said
four people received serious burns, and that "nearly everyone on
board received burns of various degrees."
Belavia is the Belarussian state airline.
AP, Reuters