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CAAC Flight 2311

24 Dec 1982 · Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (former), China

CAAC Airlines Ilyushin Il-18B · Destroyed by fire on landing

From Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport (LHW) to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (former) (CAN/ZGGG)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
25 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
69
Survivors
44
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
26
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Ilyushin Il-18B

Aircraft type
Ilyushin IL-18
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
B-202
Onboard fatalities
25
Route
From Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport (LHW)To Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (former) (CAN/ZGGG)

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

CAAC Flight 2311 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Changsha Datuopu Airport, in Changsha, the capital of Hunan 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.

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Wikipedia article: CAAC Flight 2311
Article
CAAC Flight 2311
Revision
1342722908 · 2026-03-10 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
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Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "CAAC Flight 2311" (page 41402413, revision 1342722908)
Date
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Place and country
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Map position
Wikipedia article coordinates
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
flight number in the article title
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.