Henan Airlines Flight 8387
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A Embraer E-190 similar to the accident aircraft.
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| Accident summary | |
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| Date | August 24, 2010 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
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Lindu Airport (ZYLD) Yichun, Heilongjiang, China 47°45′19″N 129°00′57″E / 47.7554°N 129.0158°ECoordinates: 47°45′19″N 129°00′57″E / 47.7554°N 129.0158°E |
| Passengers | 91 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 44 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 52 |
| Survivors | 52 |
| Aircraft type | Embraer E-190LR |
| Operator | Henan Airlines |
| Registration | B-3130 |
| Flight origin | Harbin Taiping Int'l Airport |
| Destination | Yichun Lindu Airport |
 Photos of B-3130 at Airliners.net
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Henan Airlines Flight 8387 (VD8387/KPA8387) was a domestic flight operated by Henan Airlines from Harbin Taiping International Airport to Yichun Lindu Airport, both located in Heilongjiang province, China. On the night of August 24, 2010, the Embraer E-190-100 LR operating the route crashed on approach to Yichun Lindu with 91 passengers and 5 crew members on board. This was the first hull-loss and the first accident with fatalities involving an Embraer E-190.
The final report, released in June, 2012 by Chinese State Security Agency for Work Safety (CSAWS) concluded that there was a failure of the crew for not observing the safety rules for landing under fog.
Flight 8387 departed Harbin Airport at 20:51, at 21:10 the aircraft obtained the weather from Yichun Airport and they were told the visibility was 2,800 m (9,200 ft) . At 21:16 the crew were alerted to dense fog at the airport and within the next ten minutes they confirmed a decision height of 440 m (1,440 ft) for a VOR/DME approach to Runway 30. At 21:28:19 the airport controller told the Flight 8387 that although the vertical visibility was ok the horizontal visibility was bad. At 21:28:38 the aircraft overflew the airport and was seen by the airport controller. At 21:33 they completed a procedural turn for the approach, at 21:36 the autopilot was disengaged. At 21:37 the aircraft had descended to the 440 m (1,440 ft) decision height but the pilot could not see the runway. At 21:38 the aural height warning started, although the crew could not see the runway and had passed the decision height they did not do a missed approach procedure and the aircraft hit the ground.
According to Yichun officials preliminary observations, the aircraft broke apart while it was in the process of landing at around 21:36 local time (13:36 UTC), while the airport was enclosed with fog. The aircraft touched down around 1.5 km (0.93 mi) short of the runway, then caught fire. The wreckage of the fuselage came to a rest 700 m (2,300 ft) from the runway. Some passengers escaped through gaps in the fuselage of the cabin.
Details surrounding the crash were unclear in the immediate aftermath of the incident; a local official reported that the aircraft broke in two as it was landing, and that passengers were thrown from the aircraft, though some survivors said that it remained intact until it came to a rest away from the runway.
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