Date: | Friday 24 December 1982 |
Time: | 17:10 |
Type: | Ilyushin Il-18B |
Owner/operator: | CAAC |
Registration: | B-202 |
MSN: | 189001401 |
Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20M |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 69 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport (CAN) -
China
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Changsha-Huanghua Airport (CSX/ZGHA) |
Destination airport: | Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport (CAN/ZGGG) |
Narrative:The Il-18 passenger plane was on approach to Guangzhou, China when the passenger cabin began to fill with smoke. After landing the smoke thickened and a fire was visible. The airplane was evacuated on the runway.
The onboard fire was ignited by a cigarette in the cabin. The evacuation was impeded because the four emergency exits were blocked by a row of improperly installed seats; as a consequence, 25 passengers did not manage to leave the plane in time and died of asphyxia.
The airplane operated on a flight from Lanzhou to Guangzhou with intermediate stops at Xi'an and Changsha.
Sources:
Flight International 22 January 83
Scramble Vol.11, nr.06
Soviet Transports Chinese aviation accidents centennial Location
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