in a cool and foggy weather, according to media reports.
The Embraer 190 jet overshot the runway and burst into flames when it
was preparing to land after only 10 on Tuesday evening at the airport in
Yichun, and the state, “said broadcaster China Central Television.
Xinhua said firefighters were trying to extinguish the fire is still 90
minutes later.
Henan Airways flight took off from the city of Harbin, capital of
Heilongjiang Province, on board a short flight to the Yichun City, 360
kilometers (225 miles) away, near the Russian border, Xinhua said.
Covered by thick fog at the airport in Yichun in the time of the crash,
according to Xinhua.
The Deputy Mayor of Yichun, told Xinhua that most of those who were
taken to hospitals do not have
life-threatening injuries.
The news agency said, led a team of 20 members of the Civil Aviation
Administration of China officials and technicians to Yichun.
China signed another fatal aviation accident in November, November
2004, when a passenger plane took off east China in the region of Inner
Mongolia without removing the frozen ice and crashed shortly after in a
nearby park, killing 55 people.