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 on board and 2 on the ground.
The aircraft took off on 0820 local time (0020UTC). In less than a minute, it was out of control and crashed into a lake inside Nanhai Park, 2 kilometers from the airport. Eye witnesses reported a plane was came into a smoke shortly after take off, followed by shaking and crash. CVR record the captain calling "What's wrong?" and passengers crying at the time of crash.
The aircraft departured 15 minutes ahead of schedule.
Aircraft
Crew Members
- Flight Crew
- Captain: Wang Pin (王品);
- Vice Captain: Yang Guang (杨光);
- First Officer: Yi Qinwei (易沁炜);
- Flight Attenants: Huang Chongyan (黄崇燕), Shi Meimian (史美棉);
- Security Police: Jiang Chaohong (姜朝宏).
Passengers
52 of total 53 passengers on board were domestic Chinese, 1 from Indonesia.
Weather
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 impossible.
Accident Report
This accident is still under investigation.
External Links
- [1] Topic on "11.21 Air Disaster" from People's Daily (in simplified Chinese);
- [2] Accident database from airdisaster.com;
- [3] Accident aircraft photos from airliners.net.