Baotou – Shanghai

On November 21, 2004 at 08:20 AM, Baotou – Shanghai experienced a crash involving Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-200, operated by China Yunnan Airlines, with the event recorded near Baotou Inner Mongolia.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

53 people were known to be on board, 55 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 103.8%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 47, passenger fatalities: 47, other fatalities: 2.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Shortly after takeoff from runway 13 at Baotou Airport, while in initial climb, the aircraft encountered difficulties to maintain a positive rate of climb. It stalled, collided with a small house and eventually crashed in the icy lake of the Nanhai Park. The wreckage was found about 2 km from the airport and all 53 occupants were killed as well as two people in the house.

Aircraft reference details include registration B-3072, MSN 7697, year of manufacture 2002.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.6213°, 109.8294°.