A plane carrying 21 people crashed on take-off from Armenia's capital early on Feb. 14, 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, 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.