Armenia: Plane Crashes
Via Yahoo from AP:
YEREVAN, Armenia – A plane carrying 21 people has crashed on takeoff from Armenia‘s capital, but there were no deaths reported, 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, Avtiom Movsesian said. He said there were 18 passengers and three crew members aboard.
He did not immediately know the airline to which the plane belonged, but Russian news reports said it was a plane of Belarus‘ Belavia Airlines.
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nazarian on 14 Feb 2008 at 9:22 pm #
It was a Belorussian plane, not Armenian.
Blogian on 16 Feb 2008 at 8:18 am #
Thanks, Nazarian. I corrected the title.