| Date: | Thursday 5 May 1983 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E |
| Owner/operator: | CAAC |
| Registration: | B-296 |
| MSN: | 2183 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Spey 512 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 111 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Chunchon Air Base -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Shenyang Airport (SHE/ZYTK) |
| Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport (SHA/ZSSS) |
Six hijackers demanded to be taken to South Korea. In the process a CAAC crew member was injured after being shot in the leg. The Trident landed on the US Army Camp Page runway at Chunchon. It overran the runway by about 100 m but did not sustain damage. The airplane and passengers were later returned to China. Number of crew and passengers is presumed.
Sources:
Jim Kinney
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