State Council organized a team on November 22 to investigate the plane crash in Baotou, a city in Inner Mongolia.

Investigators work at the air crash site in Baotou, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 22, 2004.

Wang Xianzheng, head of the State Work Safety Administration, will lead the team, which comprises government officials, technicians and engineering experts.

Experts have arrived at the spot to help investigate the accident.

A CRJ-200 plane, carrying 47 passengers and six crew members from Baotou to Shanghai, crashed in a park lake in Baotou around 8:20 a.m. Sunday shortly after it took off. All passengers and crew died, and an elderly worker was killed in the park.

Compensation underway

Chinese insurance companies are checking the information of policy holders who died in the Sunday-morning plane crash in north China's Inner Mongolia.

The Baotou Life Insurance Co. has organized its 100 staff into several groups to check-up on information of policy holders through Internet.

Initial investigation showed 25 of the 47 plane crash victims had bought accident insurance. One passenger bought two policies. The families of each victim will receive a compensation of 400,000yuan (48,192 US dollars).

Four passengers had bought policies of the Ping An Insurance Co.Ltd. The company is making investigations in accordance with the ID card numbers of the victims in an effort to provide compensation to the family member of the victims as soon as possible.

A CRJ-200 plane, carrying 47 passengers and six crew members from Baotou to Shanghai, crashed in a park lake in Baotou about 8:20 a.m. Sunday shortly after it took off. All of the people aboard and a man on the ground were killed. The remains of 54 victims, including one from Indonesia, have been found.

China aviation watchdog grounds CRJ aircraft

The General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC), China's aviation watchdog, decided to ground CRJ aircraft, Monday.

CAAC called for a thorough inspection of these aircraft and asked related airline companies to modify their flights to ensure passenger safety. China has nearly 20 CRJ

aircraft owned by seven different airline companies.

A CRJ-200 flight with China Eastern Airline crashed one minute after taking off from Baotou to Shanghai Sunday. All passengers and cabin crew died in the accident.

Source: Xinhua