Bombardier CRJ-200 of Sudanese airline Kata Air suffered smoke from the cabin during landing at Almaty International Airport in Kazakhstan. The flight was carried out without passengers and two crew on board, but during landing, the airport authorities spotted that the body of the aircraft emitted smoke. The emergency services were called and the aircraft was inspected, but fortunately, no fire was detected. Both crew members were safe without reports for injuries.
The investigation for the root cause of the accident is underway.
“Bombardier CRJ-200 of KATA AIR landed at 12.45 at the Almaty International Airport after a scheduled flight, and the body emitted smoked during a taxing on the runway”, says the official statement of the Transportation and Incident Investigation Department of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan. “The flight was carried out without passengers. The Department of Investigation of accidents and incidents of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan will begin an investigation”, adds the statement.
Bombardier CRJ100 and CRJ200 (formerly known as the Canadair CRJ100 and CRJ200) are a family of regional airliners designed and manufactured by Bombardier. They are jet-propelled regional airliners, based upon the design of the Challenger CL-600 business jet. Roughly, the CL-600 was stretched 5.92 meters, which was achieved using fuselage plugs fore and aft of the wing, and was matched with the adoption of a reinforced and modified wing, an expanded fuel capacity, improved landing gear to handle the higher weights, and an additional pair of additional emergency exit doors.
