CAAC Flight 2311

CAAC Flight 2311

350px A similar Ilyushin Il-18 at the China Aviation Museum, Beijing, China on 6 November 2008.
Accident summary
Date	24 December 1982
Summary	Destroyed by fire on landing
Site	Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (former), China
Passengers	58
Crew	11
Injuries (non-fatal)	26
Fatalities	25
Survivors	44
Aircraft type	Ilyushin Il-18B
Operator	Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)
Registration	B-202
Flight origin	Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport (LHW/ZLLL)
1st stopover	Xi'an Xiguan Airport (SIA/ZLSN)
Last stopover	Huanghua Airport (CSX/ZGHA)
Destination	Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (former) (CAN/ZGGG)

CAAC Flight 2311 was a scheduled passenger flight from Changsha Huanghua International Airport 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), when after landing at Baiyun Airport a cabin fire 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 four 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 in 1959.

See also

• Inflight smoking
• Olympic Airways Flight 417 – Another occurrence caused by inflight smoking.

Similar accidents

• Saudia Flight 163
• Air Canada Flight 797
• China Airlines Flight 120

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