Air crash in North China


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The photo taken on Nov. 21, 2004 shows wreckage of a crashed airplane in a lake in Baotou, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Flight Mu5210 from Baotou to Shanghai, east China, crashed into the frozen lake in the Nanhai Park of Baotou about a dozen seconds after it took off from Baotou airport at 8:20 a.m. (0020 GMT) Sunday, killing all 47 passengers and six crew members on board.

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The tail of the Flight Mu5210 close to the air crash site in a frozen lake in Baotou, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 21.

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Rescuers search inside the wreckage of the crashed plane in a lake in Baotou City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2004. A Flight Mu5210 of China Eastern, en route from Baotou to China's eastern metropolis Shanghai, crashed into the frozen lake in the Nanhai Park of Baotou about a dozen seconds after it took off from Baotou airport at 8:20 a.m. (0020 GMT) Sunday. Fifty-four people have been confirmed dead, including 53 people aboard and one on the ground. By 17:10 p.m., the remains of all the 54 victims were found.

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Rescuers move the wreckage of a crashed airplane beside a lake in Baotou, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2004. Flight Mu5210 from Baotou to Shanghai, east China, fell into the frozen lake in the Nanhai Park of Baotou about a dozen seconds after it took off from Baotou airport at 8:20 a.m. (0020 GMT) Sunday, killing all 47 passengers and six crew members on board.

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Rescuers search for the bodies of air crash victims on a lake in Baotou, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2004. Flight Mu5210 from Baotou to Shanghai, east China, fell into the frozen lake in the Nanhai Park of Baotou about a dozen seconds after it took off from Baotou airport at 8:20 a.m. (0020 GMT) Sunday, killing all 47 passengers and six crew members on board.

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Rescuers carry the body of an air crash victim at the site of an air crash in Baotou, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2004. Flight Mu5210 from Baotou to Shanghai, east China, crashed into the frozen lake in the Nanhai Park of Baotou about a dozen seconds after it took off from Baotou airport at 8:20 a.m. (0020 GMT) Sunday, killing all 47 passengers and six crew members on board.

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Rescuers search for the bodies of air crash victims at the site of an air crash in Baotou, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2004. Flight Mu5210 from Baotou to Shanghai, east China, fell to the ground about a dozen seconds after it took off from Baotou airport at 8:20 a.m. (0020 GMT) Sunday, killing all 47 passengers and six crew members on board.

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Rescuers work at the site of an air crash in Baotou, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2004. Flight Mu5210 from Baotou to Shanghai, east China, fell to the ground about a dozen seconds after it took off from Baotou airport at 8:20 a.m. (0020 GMT) on Sunday, killing all 47 passengers and six crew members on board.


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