| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Sunday 21 November 2004 |
| Time: | 08:20 |
| Type: |  Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200LR |
| Operator: | China Yunnan Airlines |
| Registration: | B-3072 |
| MSN: | 7697 |
| First flight: | 2002 |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CF34-3B1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 47 / Occupants: 47 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 53 / Occupants: 53 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Baotou Airport (BAV) ( China)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Baotou Airport (BAV/ZBOW), China |
| Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport (SHA/ZSSS), China | |
| Flightnumber: | 5210 |
RegionalJet B-3072 was parked overnight at the Baotou Airport in cold weather conditions. Prior to departure on the morning service to Shanghai (SHA), flight MU5210 was not de-iced. The wings were contaminated by the overnight frost, which severely degraded the aerodynamic characteristics of the wing. Shortly after the airplane rotated, it entered a stall. The pilots were not able to regain control. The CRJ200 crashed into a frozen lake in Nanhai Park just two kilometers past the runway. The aircraft struck a park ticket office, killing two park employees, before it crashed into the water.
Classification:
Icing Loss of control
Sources:
» State Administration of Work Safety China» Xinhua
Follow-up / safety actions
In 2006, twelve people were found responsible for the accident and received administrative punishments.
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Distance from Baotou Airport to Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport as the crow flies is 1455 km (909 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Baotou Airport to Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport as the crow flies is 1455 km (909 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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