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CAAC Flight 3303

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Passengers
  
104

Injuries (non-fatal)
  
0

Registration
  
B-266

Site
  
Guangxi

Survivor
  
0

Crew
  
8

Survivors
  
0

Dates
  
26 Apr 1982 – 27 Apr 1982

Total fatalities
  
112 (all)

CAAC Flight 3303

Aircraft type
  
Hawker Siddeley Trident

Summary
  
Controlled flight into terrain

Operator
  
Civil Aviation Administration of China

Similar
  
Civil Aviation Administr, CAAC Flight 2311, World Airways Flight 30, 1982 Aerocondor DHC‑4 C, Aeropesca Colombia Flight 217

On 26 April 1982 CAAC Flight 3303 was on a flight from the former Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Guilin Qifengling Airport in China which crashed into a mountain and killed 112 people.

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Passengers and Crew

There were 104 passengers and 8 crew members on board the Hawker Siddeley Trident with the registration B-266.

Accident

at 16:45, as Flight 3303 was on approach to the airport in heavy rain, it crashed into a mountain near the town of Yangshuo, China, breaking up and catching fire on impact. The accident killed all 112 people on board.

References

CAAC Flight 3303 Wikipedia