Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
Status:
Date:24 DEC 1982
Time:17:10
Type:Ilyushin 18B
Operator:CAAC
Registration: B-202
C/n / msn: 189001401
First flight: 1959
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11
Passengers:Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 58
Total:Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 69
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport (CAN) (China) show on map
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Changsha-Huanghua Airport (CSX/ZGHA), China
Destination airport:Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport (CAN/ZGGG), China
Flightnumber:2311
Narrative:
A passengers cigarette caused a fire aboard the CAAC airliner. The aircraft was evacuated on the runway.

Sources:
» Flight International 22.01.83
» Scramble Vol.11, nr.06
» Soviet Transports

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Map
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 Changsha-Huanghua Airport to Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport as the crow flies is 553 km (346 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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