Crash update: Henan Airlines
Lindu airport: The black box flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder of the Embraer ERJ-190 plane in the crash been recovered. Henan Airlines closed down all flights Wednesday, dismissed its president Li Qiang and apologized to the public. The two-year old Embraer 190 was leased from RBS Aviation Capital.
Although this is the first fatal Embraer crash, broken turbine plates and flight control system errors have been noted as previous issues. And also, the year old Lindu Airport was not considered safe for night landings.
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What: Shenzhen Airlines/Kunpeng/Henan Airlines Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Harbin to Yichun China
Where: Yichun China
When: Aug 24th 2010
Who: 91 passengers (including 5 children) and 5 crew; 43 immediate deaths, 3 serious injuries and 50 minor injuries
Why: The plane overran the runway—and departed the runway on landing—at Lindu airport in Yichun city in Heilongjiang province at 10:10 p.m, split on impact, exploded, and burst into flames.