Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (former) - Incidents and Accidents

Incidents and Accidents

On October 2, 1990, Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 from Xiamen to Guangzhou, a Boeing 737-247 jetliner, hijacked shortly after it took off from Xiamen, landed at the airport, sideswiped a China Southwest Airlines Boeing 707, and crashed into a China Southern Airlines Boeing 757, caused a total of 128 fatalities. The three other aircraft in the apron were destroyed. See Guangzhou Baiyun aircraft collision.
On June 6, 1994, China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 broke up in mid-air and crashed near Xian, en route to Guangzhou from Xian. A maintenance error was responsible. All 160 people on board died.

Airports in China

Aviation industry in the People's Republic of China

North	Beijing Capital Tianjin Binhai Beijing Nanyuan Hohhot Baita Shijiazhuang Zhengding Taiyuan Wusu

Northeast	Dalian Zhoushuizi Shenyang Taoxian Harbin Taiping Changchun Longjia Daqing Sartu Jixi Xingkaihu Jiamusi Dongjiao Yichun Lindu Mudanjiang Hailang Qiqihar Sanjiazi Yanji Chaoyangchuan

East	Hangzhou Xiaoshan Jinan Yaoqiang Nanjing Lukou Qingdao Liuting Shanghai Hongqiao Shanghai Pudong Xiamen Gaoqi Changzhou Benniu Fuzhou Changle Hefei Luogang Nanchang Changbei Ningbo Lishe Quanzhou Jinjiang Sunan Shuofang Weihai Dashuibo Wenzhou Yongqiang Wuyishan Yangzhou Taizhou Yantai Laishan Yiwu

South Central	Changsha Huanghua Guangzhou Baiyun Haikou Meilan Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok* Macau* Sanya Phoenix Shenzhen Bao'an Wuhan Tianhe Zhengzhou Xinzheng Changde Taohuayuan Foshan Shadi Guilin Liangjiang Jieyang Chaoshan Nanning Wuxu Yichang Sanxia Yongxing Island Zhangjiajie Hehua Zhuhai Sanzao

Southwest	Chengdu Shuangliu Chongqing Jiangbei Kunming Changshui Guiyang Longdongbao Jiuzhai Huanglong Lhasa Gonggar Lijiang Sanyi Ngari Gunsa Tongren Fenghuang Xishuangbanna Gasa

Northwest	Ürümqi Diwopu Xi'an Xianyang Kashgar Lanzhou Zhongchuan Xining Caojiabu Yinchuan Hedong

Under construction	Chizhou Jiuhuashan Hefei Xinqiao International Beijing Daxing Wushan Shennüfeng Sanming Shaxian Gannan Xiahe Huizhou Shaoguan Guitou Hechi Bijie Kaili Huangping Renhuai Maotai Zunyi Xinzhou Chengde Qinhuangdao Beidaihe Xingtai Dalian Zhangjiakou Jiagedaqi Xinyang Minggang Shennongjia Shiyan Wudangshan Hengyang Nanyue Shangrao Sanqingshan Yichun Mingyueshan Tonghua Sanyuanpu Delingha Huatugou Hanzhong Chenggu Yantai Chaoshui International Linfen Qiaoli Lüliang Wutaishan Daocheng Yading Hongyuan Nagqu Dagring Fuyun Lugu Lake Jiaxing

Defunct	Guangzhou (Baiyun-Pai Yuen) Hong Kong (Kai Tak) Kunming Wujiaba Xi'an Xiguan

Note: bold indicates major airports and * in / related to the special administrative regions

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