Date:	Friday 24 December 1982
Time:	17:10
Type:	Ilyushin Il-18B
Owner/operator:	CAAC
Registration:	B-202
MSN:	189001401
Year of manufacture:	1959
Engine model:	Ivchenko AI-20M
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 69
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport (CAN) -   China
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Changsha-Huanghua Airport (CSX/ZGHA)
Destination airport:	Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport (CAN/ZGGG)

Narrative:
The Il-18 passenger plane was on approach to Guangzhou, China when the passenger cabin began to fill with smoke. After landing the smoke thickened and a fire was visible. The airplane was evacuated on the runway.
The onboard fire was ignited by a cigarette in the cabin. The evacuation was impeded because the four emergency exits were blocked by a row of improperly installed seats; as a consequence, 25 passengers did not manage to leave the plane in time and died of asphyxia.

The airplane operated on a flight from Lanzhou to Guangzhou with intermediate stops at Xi'an and Changsha.

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