China's worst air disasters since 1990, after 132 dead today
21 Mar 2022 11:50pm
A screengrab from Chinese social media purportedly shows a fire burning on a hillside near the city of Wuzhou, after Boeing 737-800 passenger jet crashed in the area. Pic sourced from cbsnews
Beijing - China suffered its biggest air disaster in over a decade on Monday when a passenger jet carrying 132 people crashed into a mountain in the south of the country.
We look back at some of the biggest crashes in China's recent aviation history.
-1990: Hijacking disaster - A hijacked Boeing 737 operated by Xiamen Airlines (now XiamenAir) ploughs into a Boeing 757 at Canton airport in the south on October 2, killing 128 people.
-1992: Mountain crash - An Air China Boeing 737 on its way to a tourist spot in southern China crashes into a mountain in the Guangxi region, where Monday's crash occurred, killing 141 people aboard on November 24.
- 1994: Deadliest accident - China's worst air crash involved a Russian-made Tupolev-154 operated by China Northwest Airlines, which crashed in the northwestern province of Shaanxi on June 6, killing all 160 people aboard.
- 1999: Mid-flight explosion - Another Tupolev-154, this time operated by China Southwest Airlines, explodes in mid-flight while travelling from the southwestern city of Chengdu to Wenzhou in the east on February 24, killing 61 people.
- 2000: Storm deaths - A Chinese-made Yun-7 plane operated by Wuhan Airlines crashes during a storm in the central city of Wuhan on June 22, killing 51 people.
- 2002: Sea crash - A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 operated by China Northern Airlines plunges into the sea while starting its descent to Dalian airport on May 7, killing all 112 people on board.
-2004: Frozen lake - A Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft operated by China Eastern Airlines plunges into an ice-covered lake in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia on November 21, killing 55 people.
-2010: Airport fire - An Embraer ERJ-190 jet operated by the regional Henan Airlines bursts into flames after a crash landing at Yichun airport in the north-east on August 24, killing 44 people. The pilot is among 47 passengers and crew members who survive. - AFP
