CAAC Flight 2311 or China Northwest Airlines Flight 2311 was a scheduled passenger flight from
Changsha Datuopu Airport, in
Changsha
Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the Capital city, capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a popul ...
, the capital of
Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi ...
Province,
China, to the former
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. On 24 December 1982 it was flown by an
Ilyushin Il-18B (
registered in China as ''B-202''). After landing at Baiyun Airport, a fire in the cabin produced toxic smoke whereupon the crew stopped the aircraft on the runway and evacuated the passengers.
The fast-developing fire killed 25 passengers and seriously injured 22 passengers and 4 crew members.
The fire, which was started by a passenger's cigarette, destroyed the aircraft.
Aircraft
The aircraft ''B-202'' was an Ilyushin Il-18B four-engined turboprop built in the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
in 1959.
See also
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Inflight smoking
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Olympic Airways v. Husain – a US Supreme Court case arising from a passenger's death due to inflight smoking
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