CAAC Flight 2311

CAAC Flight 2311
	A similar Ilyushin Il-18 at the China Aviation Museum, Beijing, China on 6 November 2008.
Accident
Date	24 December 1982
Summary	Destroyed by fire on landing
Site	Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (former), China ; 23°11′0.40″N 113°16′5.11″E / 23.1834444°N 113.2680861°E
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Ilyushin Il-18B
Operator	CAAC Airlines, Lanzhou division (China Northwest Airlines)
Registration	B-202
Flight origin	Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport (LHW/ZLLL)
1st stopover	Xi'an Xiguan Airport (SIA/ZLSN)
Last stopover	Changsha Datuopu Airport (CSX/ZGCS)
Destination	Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (former) (CAN/ZGGG)
Passengers	58
Crew	11
Fatalities	25
Injuries	26
Survivors	44

CAAC Flight 2311 or China Northwest Airlines Flight 2311 was a scheduled passenger flight from Changsha Datuopu Airport, in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, China, 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). After landing at Baiyun Airport, a fire in the cabin produced toxic smoke whereupon the crew stopped the aircraft on the runway and evacuated the passengers.^[1] The fast-developing fire killed 25 passengers and seriously injured 22 passengers and 4 crew members.^[1] The fire, which was started by a passenger's cigarette, destroyed the aircraft.^[1]

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The aircraft B-202 was an Ilyushin Il-18B four-engined turboprop built in the Soviet Union in 1959.

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Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c Civil Aviation Authority 1974, p. 23/82

Bibliography

World Accident Summary. Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom). 1974. ISBN 0-903083-44-2.

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[CAA-1] Civil Aviation Authority 1974, p. 23/82

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v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in China
Before 1950	Beijing-Han Airlines crash (March 1922) Jinan air crash (November 1931) Kweilin Incident (August 1938) Chungking Incident (October 1940) Beiping (Beijing) C-46 crash (October 1945) United States Air Force C-47 crash at Yan'an (April 1946) Miss Macao (July 1948)
1950s–1970s	Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 shootdown (July 1954) Lin Biao incident (September 1971)
1980s	CAAC Flight 3303 (April 1982) CAAC Flight 2311 (December 1982) CAAC Flight 296 (May 1983) Guilin Airport collision (September 1983) CAAC Flight 5109 (January 1985) Aeroflot Flight 101/435 (December 1985) China Airlines Flight 334 (May 1986) China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 (January 1988) China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510 (August 1989)
1990s	Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions (October 1990) China General Aviation Flight 7552 (July 1992) China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 (November 1992) China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 (July 1993) China Eastern Airlines Flight 5398 (October 1993) China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 (November 1993) China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 (June 1994) China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 (May 1997) China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 (February 1999) Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316 (April 1999)
2000s	Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 (June 2000) Hainan Island incident (April 2001) China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 (May 2002) China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 (November 2004) PLAAF KJ-200 crash (June 2006) Avient Aviation Flight 324 (November 2009)
2010s	Henan Airlines Flight 8387 (August 2010) Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554 (June 2012) Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633 (May 2018)
2020s	China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 (March 2022) Tibet Airlines Flight 9833 (May 2022)
Accidents and incidents in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are not included.

CAAC Flight 2311

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