10 Injured in Plane Crash in Armenia

Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:36 PM EST
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YEREVAN — A plane carrying 21 people burst into flames after flipping over during takeoff from Armenia's capital Thursday, injuring 10 people, the head of the country's civil aviation authority said.

The 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.

After the crash, it lay upside-down at the airport, much of the fuselage blackened and gutted by fire.

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