YEREVAN, ARMENIA -- A plane carrying 21 people flipped over and burst into flames during takeoff from Armenia's capital Thursday, injuring 10 people, the head of the country's civil aviation authority says.

The plane, a Canadair CRJ-100, was heading for Minsk, Belarus, when it crashed on the runway at Zvartnots Airport, Avtiom Movsesian says.

He says there were 18 passengers and three crew members aboard. Ten people were hospitalized with injuries. A spokesman for the airport, Gevorg Abramian, says none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.

The plane belonged to Belarus' state airline Belavia.