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Plane crashes in Armenian capital
Ten people were hospitalised with injuries [EPA]

A plane carrying 21 people has crashed on takeoff from Yerevan, Armenia's capital, injuring at least 10 people, the head of the country's civil aviation authority has said.
 
The plane, a Canadair CRJ-100, was heading for Minsk, Belarus, when it flipped over on the runway at Zvartnots airport early on Thursday, Avtiom Movsesian said.
The plane burst into flames and ten people were hospitalised with injuries.
 
Gevorg Abramian, a spokesman for the airport, said none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.
He said there were 18 passengers and three crew members aboard.
The plane belonged to Belavia, Belarus' state airline.
 
After the crash, it lay upside-down at the airport, much of the fuselage blackened and gutted by fire.
 Source: Agencies
 
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