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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

* Inflight smoking * Olympic Airways v. Husain – a US Supreme Court case arising from a passenger's death due to inflight smoking


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References

;Citations ;Bibliography * {{aviation-accident-stub Accidents and incidents involving the Ilyushin Il-18 CAAC accidents and incidents Aviation accidents and incidents in China Aviation accidents and incidents in 1982 Airliner accidents and incidents caused by in-flight fires 1982 disasters in China December 1982 events in Asia