February 14, 2008
Plane Crashes And Catches Fire In Armenia Injuring 10
A 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 Canadair CRJ-100, was heading for Minsk, Belarus, when it flipped over on the runway at Zvartnots Airport and burst into flames, Artiom 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.
After the crash, it lay upside-down at the airport, much of the fuselage blackened and gutted by fire.
