Passengers 58 Fatalities 25 Date 24 December 1982 Injuries (nonfatal) 26 Passenger count 58 | Crew 11 Survivors 44 Number of deaths 25 Survivor 44 | |
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Summary Destroyed by fire on landing Similar 1982 Aerocondor DHC‑4 C, 1982 TABA Fairchild FH‑227 a, 1982 Garuda Fokker F2, Aeropesca Colombia Flight 217, Civil Aviation Administr | ||
CAAC Flight 2311 was a scheduled passenger flight from Changsha Huanghua International Airport to the former Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. On 24 December 1982 it was flown by an Ilyushin Il-18B (registered in China as B-202), when after landing at Baiyun Airport a cabin fire produced toxic smoke whereupon the crew stopped the aircraft on the runway and evacuated the passengers. The fast-developing fire killed 25 passengers and seriously injured 22 passengers and four crew members. The fire, which was started by a passenger's cigarette, destroyed the aircraft.
Aircraft
The aircraft B-202 was an Ilyushin Il-18B four-engined turboprop built in the Soviet Union in 1959.
References
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