Date:	Saturday 13 November 1993
Time:	14:56
Type:	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82)
Owner/operator:	China Northern Airlines
Registration:	B-2141
MSN:	49849/1772
Year of manufacture:	1991
Engine model:	P&W JT8D-217A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 102
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	2 km SW of Urumqi Airport (URC) -   China
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Beijing-Capital International Airport (PEK/ZBAA)
Destination airport:	Ürümqi-Diwopu Airport (URC/ZWWW)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
China Northern Airlines flight 6901, an MD-82, crashed while on approach to Ürümqi Airport, China, killing 12 occupants; 90 survived the accident.

The aircraft undershot runway 25 and struck a wall with the rear fuselage, 3 km short. The MD-82 then struck power lines and crashed into a field.
Visibility at the time of the accident was about 1 km in fog.

PROBABLE CAUSE: Autopilot disconnected during the approach and re-engaged with the vertical speed mode at ca. 800 feet/min.

Aviation Week & Space Technology 02.09.96 (143-144)
KLM Flight Safety Bulletin Oct. 1994
Scramble 176
International Herald Tribune 16.11.1993 (p.2)

• 31^st worst accident in 1993
• 7^th worst accident of this aircraft type
• 2^nd worst accident of this aircraft type at the time

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Oct-2024 12:22	ASN	Updated [Location, Narrative, ]