I mentioned this on the other thread but it bears repeating:-
Belavia Flight 1834 was a scheduled international passenger flight from
Yerevan,
Armenia, to
Minsk,
Belarus, operated by
Belavia. On the morning of February 14, 2008, the
Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet carrying 18 passengers and 3 crew crashed and burst into flames shortly after
take off from
Zvartnots International Airport near the capital city of
Yerevan, in the country of
Armenia.
The jet hit its left wing on the runway during takeoff, crashed to the ground, flipped over, and came to rest inverted near the runway. All passengers and crew managed to escape the aircraft before it erupted into flames, partly due to the timely response of the fire and rescue crews.
Eyewitness reports stated that the aircraft banked sharply to the left immediately after rotation when it was only 3 to 5 meters airborne, clipped its left wing on the runway, crashed to the ground and rolled many times until coming to a stop inverted near the runway
Initial Findings
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, and the CRJs are very prone to wing contamination and icing since they do not have any leading edge devices.
[9] The
Russian Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) heading the investigation, and the Russian investigators initially stated that the aircraft began to roll left immediately after liftoff, inverting before crashing