Updated article on the BBC web site (same url) indicates the aircraft involved is a CRJ-200. -- David Mueller / MRY dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx http://www.quanterium.com Ian Caldwell wrote: > From the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4029569.stm > > > A passenger plane with 47 people aboard has crashed in northern China, the > state-run Xinhua news agency reports. > > It says chances are slim of anyone surviving the crash near the city of > Baotou in the Inner Mongolia region. > > The incident happened just after the Shanghai-bound flight took off, the > agency says. > > An official with China's Civil Aviation Authority confirmed the crash, the > AFP news agency reported. The cause of the crash is unknown. > > The Chine Eastern plane plunged into a lake near the airport at about 0820 > local time (0020 GMT), Xinhua said. > > It quoted its reporter at the scene as saying that firefighters were > putting out a huge fire, while rescuers tried to salvage bodies from the > wreckage. > > "The cause of the crash is still under investigation. We're gathering > passenger information at the moment," an official with China Eastern's > office in Baotou told AFP. > >