Its only 18 years later but every accident should have a cause attributed to it. The CRJ200 is extremely sensitive to contaminated wings. One might have gotten away with a little contamination in the past on a different aircraft type and come to the conclusion that this can be done on any old aircraft. Not true. Never, ever take any chance with a CRJ200. Be overly cautious.....
How Atmospheric Icing Led To The Crash Of China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 In 2004 (msn.com)Eighteen years ago today, on November 21, 2004, China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 crashed two minutes after taking off from Baotou Donghe Airport (BAV) in Inner Mongolia. All six crew members, 47 passengers, and two people on the ground died in the accident.
The aircraft involved in the incident was a two-year-old Bombardier CRJ-200ER with the registration B-3072. At the time of the crash, it was still painted in its former owner's livery China Yunnan Airlines, following a merger in 2003. In command of the aircraft was Captain Wang Pin Vice, assisted by First Officer Yi Qinwei.
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 was a regularly scheduled passenger service from Baotou Donghe Airport (BAV) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) with a stop at Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK).The aircraft crashed seconds after takeoff
The aircraft took off from Baotou Donghe Airport (BAV) at 08:21, 15 minutes ahead of schedule for the first leg of its journey to Beijing. Ten seconds after becoming airborne, the aircraft started shaking and fell to the ground. The plane skidded through a park, crashing into a house and ticketing office before plunging into an icy lake.
Emergency responders, including divers, were dispatched immediately to the scene but only managed to recover 36 of the plane's 53 occupants after being hampered by the poor conditions. Two days following the crash, the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) were recovered from the lake.The investigation into the crash of China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210
Eyewitnesses on the ground say that they saw the plane shaking shortly after takeoff and exploding midair. According to one of the witnesses, the plane's tail began to emit smoke before it crashed into the park and exploded. Others, however, claimed that the aircraft exploded in midair.
Coincidentally the crash followed just three months after the bombing of a Tupolev Tu-154 and a Tupolev Tu-134 in Russia. The Chinese authorities immediately thought they could all be related, but found no traces of explosive residue on the Canadian-made jet.
The crash also followed a similar event one month earlier: A Pinnacle Airlines CRJ200 crashed while the aircraft was repositioning from Little Rock to Minneapolis. In the case of Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701, pilot error was to blame after the Captain and First Officer decided to see how high the plane could fly. At the time of the crash, no passengers or other crew were aboard the aircraft. Before losing control, the pilots had climbed to 41,000 feet, the maximum ceiling for the aircraft.The plane was not deiced before taking off
At the time of the China Eastern Airlines crash, the temperature in Baotou was below freezing but otherwise fine. It was later discovered that the aircraft had been parked overnight at Baotou Airport and that a layer of frost had formed on the planers exterior. After not de-icing the plane before takeoff, the ice severely impacted the aircraft's aerodynamic performance and it entered a stall from which the pilots had no time to recover.