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    Agence France Presse -- English
    February 14, 2008 Thursday


    Belarussian plane crashes upon takeoff in Armenia: air official

    YEREVAN, Feb 14 2008


    A Belarussian airplane went up in flames on the runway of Yerevan's
    airport while trying to take off, injuring 21 people on board, local
    air agency officials told AFP Thursday.

    A small CRG airplane, owned by Belarus's Belavia airline and bound
    for Minsk, hit its left wing on the runway during takeoff and erupted
    into flames, the state civil aviation agency's spokeswoman Gayan
    Davtian said.

    "Airport emergency services reacted quickly and rapidly evacuated the
    18 passengers and three crew. No one died, but all of them suffered
    burns, some of them severe burns," Davtian said, adding that all were
    hospitalised.

    Of the passengers, 16 were Armenian nationals, she said.

    All flights were cancelled at Yerevan's airport following the
    incident.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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