Narrative:
CAAC flight 3303 crashed into a mountain, about 60 km SE of Guilin. All 112 on board were killed.
The aircraft was attached to the Chinese Air Force's 34th Air Division and operated for CAAC.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 26 April 1982 |
| Time: | 16:45 |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E |
| Operating for: | CAAC |
| Leased from: | People''s Liberation Army - Air Force - PLAAF |
| Registration: | B-266 |
| MSN: | 2170 |
| First flight: | 1975 |
| Engines: | 3 Rolls-Royce Spey 512 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 104 / Occupants: 104 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 112 / Occupants: 112 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Gongcheng County, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ( China)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport (CAN/ZGGG), China |
| Guilin-Qifengling Airport (KWL/ZGKL), China | |
| Flightnumber: | 3303 |
CAAC flight 3303 crashed into a mountain, about 60 km SE of Guilin. All 112 on board were killed.
The aircraft was attached to the Chinese Air Force's 34th Air Division and operated for CAAC.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport to Guilin-Qifengling Airport as the crow flies is 371 km (232 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport to Guilin-Qifengling Airport as the crow flies is 371 km (232 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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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