Plane Crashes in Armenia; 10 Injured

The Associated Press
Feb 14 2008

Plane Crashes in Armenia; 10 Injured

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) – A plane carrying 21 people flipped over and
burst into flames during takeoff from Armenia’s capital Thursday,
injuring 10 people, the head of the country’s civil aviation
authority said.

The plane, a Canadair CRJ-100, was heading for Minsk, Belarus, when
it crashed on the runway at Zvartnots Airport, Avtiom Movsesian said.

He said there were 18 passengers and three crew members aboard. Ten
people were hospitalized with injuries. A spokesman for the airport,
Gevorg Abramian, said none of the injuries appeared to be
life-threatening.

The plane belonged to Belarus’ state airline Belavia.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS