Boeing 737-200 crash, Oct 2, 1990 (83 killed), Guangzhou-...
Boeing 737-200 accident on October 2, 1990 near Guangzhou-Baiyun, Guangdong, China with 83 fatalities. Cause: Hijacking and a cockpit struggle during...
- Date: October 2, 1990
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: Guangzhou-Baiyun, Guangdong, China
- Fatalities: 83
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Hijacking and a cockpit struggle during the emergency landing at Guangzhou, which caused the aircraft to lose control on the runway.
Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301, a Boeing 737-200 (B-2510), was hijacked after leaving Xiamen for Guangzhou on 2 October 1990. During the landing at Guangzhou a cockpit struggle sent it off the runway, and it struck a parked China Southwest 707 and China Southern's 757 before coming to rest inverted and on fire, killing more than 80 people.