Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-200 crash, Nov 21, 2004 (55 killed)
Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-200 accident on November 21, 2004 near Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China with 55 fatalities. Cause: Loss of lift and stall after...
- Date: November 21, 2004
- Aircraft: Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-200
- Location: Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
- Fatalities: 55
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Loss of lift and stall after takeoff caused by ice and frost on the wings, tail and fuselage. The crew did not de-ice the aircraft before takeoff.
A Yunnan Airlines CRJ-200 had been parked outside overnight in subzero temperatures and took off from Baotou without being de-iced. It lost lift shortly after takeoff, stalled, struck a house and crashed into a frozen lake in Nanhai Park. All 53 occupants and two people on the ground were killed.