China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119
BAe 146-300 · Crashed after aborted takeoff due to mechanical failure
From Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 55 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 113
- Survivors
- 58
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 52
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
BAe 146-300
- Flight
- WH2119
- Aircraft type
- BAE 146
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- B-2716
- Operator
- China Northwest Airlines
- Onboard fatalities
- 55
- Route
- From Yinchuan Xihuayuan AirportTo Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)
Approximate · Estimated position: Yinchuan, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 (WH2119) was a domestic flight from Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport, Ningxia to Beijing Capital International Airport, China. On July 23, 1993, the BAe 146-300 crashed into a lake after it was unable to get airborne while attempting to take off at Yinchuan Airport, killing 54 passengers and 1 crew member on board.
Accident
Just before rotation on takeoff, the right-side flap actuator failed, causing the flaps to retract. Unable to get the aircraft into the air, the crew had no other option but to abort the takeoff. This failed, however; the nose gear lifted off causing the tail to strike the runway. The aircraft then overran the runway and crashed into a lake.
Investigation and cause
Cause
It was suspected that the crew failed to check if the flaps were deployed properly for takeoff.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119
- Revision
- 1339304871 · 2026-02-19 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q5099824
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119" (page 10656300, revision 1339304871)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- airline flight number in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.