Belavia Flight 1834
Bombardier CRJ100ER · Loss of control following stall shortly after take-off
From Zvartnots International Airport (EVN) to Minsk National Airport (MSQ)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 21
- Survivors
- 21
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 7
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Bombardier CRJ100ER
- Flight
- B21834
- Aircraft type
- Bombardier CRJ100
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- EW-101PJ
- Operator
- Belavia
- Onboard fatalities
- 0
- Route
- From Zvartnots International Airport (EVN)To Minsk National Airport (MSQ)
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
Belavia Flight 1834 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Yerevan, Armenia, to Minsk, Belarus, operated by Belavia. On the morning of 14 February 2008, the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet carrying 18 passengers and three crew crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff from Zvartnots International Airport near Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. All on board survived, with at least seven people being injured.
Accident
During takeoff, at 04:18 AMT and at a height of around 5 m, the aircraft banked left. The pilot attempted to counter the banking by straightening the aircraft towards the right. The aircraft's wing subsequently entered in contact with the ground and crashed, catching fire and splitting into two.
Fire and rescue crews were reportedly on-site within 50 seconds after the crash. The passengers also helped the crew members out of the cockpit. After the crash, the aircraft, badly damaged by fire, laid in an inverted position.
None of the 21 occupants were killed, although seven passengers received serious injuries.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
Initial speculation pointed to icing on the wings which caused the left wing to stall upon lift-off. Icing conditions were reported at the airport during the crash, causing ice build up while the aircraft was parked and taxiing. Since CRJs are very prone to wing contamination and icing, an Airworthiness Directive was issued by Transport Canada on the need to include anti-icing systems in the final stage of taxiing.
Investigation teams from the General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia, from Belarus, and from Bombardier participated in the investigation to determine the probable cause of the accident.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Belavia Flight 1834
- Article
- Belavia Flight 1834
- Revision
- 1373906978 · 2026-09-08 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q4055393
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Belavia Flight 1834" (page 15774723, revision 1373906978)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- airline flight number in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.