Plane Crashes in China, 55 Dead

Xinhuanet:

(Baotou City, China) A CRJ-200 plane, carrying 47 passengers and six crew members from Baotou to eastern China metropolis Shanghai, crashed in a park lake in Baotou around 8:20 a.m. Sunday shortly after it took off. All of the people aboard the small aircraft have been confirmed dead by local government officials.

Additionally, two workers on the ground are believed to have died in the crash. More than 400 rescue workers responded and the remains of 46 people have been retrieved from the lake. The flight data recorders have not been found. Government investigators from Beijing have been sent to the crash site. China Eastern Airlines has sent an emergency team.

The CRJ-200 aircraft seats 50 passengers and is supplied by Bombardier Aerospace based in Canada.