Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
Status:
Date:14 MAR 1979
Time:ca 08:52
Type:Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E
Operator:CAAC
Registration: B-274
C/n / msn: 2172
First flight: 1976
Engines: 3 Rolls Royce 512 Spey
Crew:Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Ground casualties:Fatalities: 32
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Beijing (China) show on map
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Beijing-Xijiao Airport, China
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Crashed into a factory on climbout.

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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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