Guangzhou-Baiyun

The airplane departed Kunming-Wujiaba Airport at 1315LT on a schedule service (flight MU5735) to Guangzhou, carrying 123 passengers and a crew of nine. At 1420LT, while cruising at an altitude of 29,100 feet, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent until 7,400 feet then climbed to 8,600 feet. It finally entered a steep descent and crashed almost two minutes later in a vertical attitude on hilly and wooded terrain located some 20 km southwest of Wuzhou. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all 132 occupants were killed. Two days after the accident, the CVR was found while the DFDR was found on March 27.

On 8 September 2013 at 13:25 UTC, the pilot and the co-pilot operated the Airbus A330-321 aircraft of Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (Thai Airways), nationality and registration mark HS-TEF, flight number TG 679, with 12 cabin crew and 288 passengers in total 302 persons, departed from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, People’s Republic of China to Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand. At approximately 16:26 UTC, while landing on runway 19L at Suvarnabhumi Airport, two main landing gears and the nose landing gear touched down on the runway at approximately 440 metres from the runway threshold. After the aircraft continued rolling on the runway for another 760 metres, the right main landing gear (RH MLG) bogie beam broke. The aircraft then collapsed on the right and veered off the right side of the runway centre line. The pilot attempted to control the aircraft to be on the runway, however, the aircraft continued veering to the right. The damaged RH MLG bogie beam scraped the runway surface and made two 365-metre-long deep grooves on the runway, along the aircraft movement. The aircraft, at that time, veered off the runway edge between taxiways B5 and B8 into the runway strip for 100 metres before it came to stop. The Air Traffic Controller (ATC), who was monitoring this aircraft, saw fire sparked from the aircraft while it was leaving the runway. The ATC then notified the Rescue and Fire Fighting Service of Suvarnabhumi Airport to provide assistance. After the aircraft had completely stopped, both pilots heard and saw the right engine fire warning. At that time, they received message from the ATC that the Rescue and Fire Fighting Service was approaching the aircraft and the fire spark was seen but its exact location could not be identified. During the passenger evacuation, the pilot ordered the co-pilot and the crew members to follow the On Ground Emergency Evacuation procedure. The co-pilot and the pilot were the last group who left the aircraft. At the same time, the Rescue and Fire Fighting Service reached the aircraft, contained the fire and assisted in evacuating all the crew and passengers from the aircraft to the designated area in the passenger terminal building according to the Airport Emergency Plan. The aircraft was destroyed. 15 passengers suffered minor injuries.

The approach to Zhanjiang Airport was completed in poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity, heavy rain falls and strong winds. Following a wrong approach configuration, the aircraft passed over the runway threshold at a too high altitude of 400 metres. The pilot-in-command increased the rate of descent when the aircraft landed hard and bounced. It floated for about 330 metres then landed 15 metres to the right of the runway. Out of control, it lost its undercarriage and came to rest few dozen metres further. All 90 occupants were rescued, among them six passengers were injured.

At a distance of 40 km from the airport, at an altitude of 7,800 feet, the crew was cleared to make a visual approach and to descent to 7,000 feet. Three minutes later, the aircraft went out of control and crashed on a mountain slope (1'600 metres high) located 27 km south from runway 36. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 141 occupants were killed. It was reported that the captain attempted to level off the plane by raising its nose. The autothrottle responded by advancing the throttles. The n°2 power lever however remained at idle. The crew apparently did not notice this. With the right engine at idle, the autothrottle further advanced the left engine power lever in order to obtain the correct airspeed. The asymmetrical power condition was not corrected and the airplane rolled to the right and crashed.

While parked at Guangzhou Airport, ready for flight CZ2812 to Shanghai-Hongqiao, Airport, the aircraft was struck by a Xiamen Airlines B737 that crashed upon landing after being hijacked. 46 passengers were killed and all other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

While parked at Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport, ready for taxi, the B707 was struck by a Boeing 737-327 operated by Xiamen Airlines that crashed upon landing after being hijacked. The B737 struck the cockpit of the B707, killing one of the crew member. All 130 other occupants were evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

En route from Xiamen to Guangzhou, the aircraft was hijacked by a young man who wanted to fly to Taiwan. He took the place of the copilot who left the cockpit and continued the flight with the captain. On short final to Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport, the hijacker realized he was not in Taiwan and started to fight with the captain who lost control of the airplane. Upon touchdown, the B737 veered off runway to the right at high speed, rolled through the apron, struck the cockpit of a parked B707 operated by China Southwest Airlines (registered B-2402), rolled over a truck and eventually collided with a parked B757 operated by China Southern Airlines (registered B-2812). All three aircraft were destroyed and 130 people were killed, 82 on board the B737, one pilot on board the B707, one driver on the ground and 46 passengers on board the B757.

A Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E passenger jet, registered B-2218, was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. There were 78 passengers and seven crew members crew members on board. The airplane operated on CAAC flight 301 from Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport (CAN) to Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG). As the aircraft neared runway 31 the right outboard trailing edge wing flap struck the innermost approach light and the right main landing gear tyres hit the facing edge of the runway promontory. The right main gear was torn from the wing. The aircraft became airborne again and next contacted the ground 600 metres down the runway. It then veered off the runway to the right, yawed to the right and slid diagonally sideways across the grassed runway strip. The nosewheel and left main gear collapsed, and the aircraft continued until it crossed the parallel taxiway and slid sideways over the edge of the promontory into Kowloon Bay. The aircraft came to rest in the water with the rear extremity of the fuselage supported on a ledge of stone blocks that jutted out from the promontory. Part of the forward fuselage, including the flight compartment, was partially detached from the remainder of the fuselage and hung down at a steep angle into the water from control cables and secondary structure. A fire started in the centre engine intake duct. Weather at the time of the accident was poor including rain and fog with 450 m visibility. Seven occupants, six crew members and one passengers, were killed.

Four minutes after takeoff from Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport, while climbing, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed few km from the airport. All eight occupants were killed, five French citizens and three Chinese.

On approach to Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport, smoke spread in the cabin and a fire erupted. The cabin crew attempted to extinguish the fire but without success. Oxygen masks were deployed and the pilot-in-command was able to continue the approach and to land. After touchdown, the four engine airplane was stopped as quick as possible and rescue teams were able to evacuate 44 people, some of them wounded. 25 passengers died by asphyxia. The aircraft was partially destroyed by fire.