Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 APR 1982 |
| Time: | ca. 16:45 |
| Type: | Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E |
| Operator: | CAAC |
| Registration: | B-266 |
| C/n / msn: | 2170 |
| First flight: | 1975 |
| Engines: | 3 Rolls Royce 512 Spey |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 104 / Occupants: 104 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 112 / Occupants: 112 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Yangsuo (China)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport (CAN/ZGGG), China |
| Guilin Airport (KWL/ZGKL), China | |
| Flightnumber: | 3303 |
The aircraft crashed into a mountain, about 60 km SE of Guilin.
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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 Airport as the crow flies is 395 km (247 miles).
Distance from Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport to Guilin Airport as the crow flies is 395 km (247 miles).
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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