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CAAC Flight 2311 was a scheduled passenger flight from Changsha Datuopu Airport, in
Changsha Changsha is the capital of Hunan, China. It is the 15th most populous city in China with a population of 10,513,100, the Central China#Cities with urban area over one million in population, third-most populous city in Central China, and the ...
, the capital of
Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...
Province,
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, to the former
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is an international airport serving Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The airport codes were inherited from the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (former), former Baiyun Airport, and the IATA code is de ...
. On 24 December 1982, it was flown by an Ilyushin Il-18B (
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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
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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 * 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 in China {{aviation-accident-stub