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Crash title|name=China Eastern Flight 5210| Crash infobox | Date=November 21 2004 | Type=Take-off crash | Site=Baotou, Inner Mongolia | Fatalities=55 (2 on ground) | Injuries=0 | Aircraft title Aircraft infobox | bgcol=transparent | Type=Bombardier CRJ-200LR | Operator=China Eastern Airlines | Tail Number=B-3072 | Passengers=47 | Crew=6 | Survivors = 0 | end frame China Eastern Airlines|China Eastern flight 5210 (CES5210, MU5210) was a flight from Baotou, Inner Mongolia to Hongqiao Airport Shanghai, China. On November 21, 2004 it crashed into a park shortly after take off, killing all 53 passengers on board and two more people on the ground. The aircraft took off at 08.20'/8.20am local time (00.20/12.20am UTC/19.20/7.20pm ET). In less than a minute, it was out of control and crashed into a lake inside Nanhai Park, two kilometres from the airport. Eye witnesses reported seeing smoke near the plane shortly after take off, followed by shaking of the plane and then its eventual crash. The CVR recording contains the captain calling "What's wrong?" and passengers crying at the time of the crash. The aircraft departed 15 minutes ahead of schedule.
52 of total 53 passengers on board were domestic Chinese race|Chinese, 1 from Indonesia. Weather at the time of crash was fine, although the temperature was below zero degrees Celsius. There was a rumor stating that the fuel was "frozen", causing the disaster. This was immediately proved to be impossible. On May 26, 2005, at the Flight Safty Conference of China Eastern Region, Yang Yuanyuan, president of CAAC declared the disaster was caused by human error: The crew did not perform the de-icing procedure and the preflight inspection, the snow and ice on the control surface and fuselage seriously degraded the lift, which caused the immediate crash after becoming airborne. According to the airport security log, the crew arrived at the airport late at 08:00BJT, just 20 minutes before the scheduled departure time, which was insufficent for a complete preflight inspection. Normally the crew should arrive at least 90 minutes before departure. The report has yet to be formally released to the public.
Category:Airliner crashes caused by ice Category:2004 Category:Inner Mongolia Category:History of China This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "China Eastern Flight 5210".
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