CRJ9

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CRJ9
Name	Regional Jet CRJ-900
Manufacturer	CANADAIR
Body	Narrow
Type	Fixed Wing
WTC	Medium
APC	C
Engine	Jet
Engine count	Multi
Also manufacturered as: CANADAIR CL-600 Regional Jet CRJ-705 CANADAIR Regional Jet CRJ-705 CANADAIR CL-600 Challenger 890 CANADAIR CL-600 Regional Jet CRJ-900 CANADAIR Regional Jet CRJ-900 CANADAIR Challenger 890

CANADAIR Regional Jet CRJ-900

Image source: IANS

Description

Regional airliner. First delivery in 2003. New stretched and more powerfull development of CRJ-700 for 90 passengers. Extended range version CRJ-900ER. First flight in 2001. Canadair is now part of the Bombardier Group. The CRJ9 is a member of the CRJ family.

General

Aircraft name	Regional Jet CRJ-900
ICAO code/WTC	CRJ9 / M
Manufacturer	CANADAIR
Type Code/APC	L2J / C

Technical Data

Wing span	23.3 m76.444 ft
Length	36.2 m118.766 ft
Heigth	7.5 m24.606 ft
Powerplant	2 x 58,4 KN GE CF34-8C5 turbofans.
Engine Model

For further details consult EUROCONTROL Aircraft Performance Database:

• CANADAIR Regional Jet CRJ-900

Accidents & Serious Incidents involving CRJ9

• CRJ9, Whitehorse YK Canada, 2009 (RI HF) (On 6 March 2009, a Bombardier CRJ 705 being operated by Air Canada Jazz on a daylight scheduled domestic passenger flight from Vancouver BC to Whitehorse landed on runway 31L without clearance and after overflying two snow sweepers operating on the same runway. There was no contact between the aircraft and the vehicles or any abrupt avoidance manoeuvre and none of the 58 aircraft occupants or those in the vehicles were injured.)