Xian Yunsunji Y-7-100 crash, Jun 22, 2000 (49 killed), Wuhan
Xian Yunsunji Y-7-100 accident on June 22, 2000 near Wuhan, Hubei, China with 49 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control in severe turbulence and windshear...
- Date: June 22, 2000
- Aircraft: Xian Yunsunji Y-7-100
- Location: Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Fatalities: 49
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of control in severe turbulence and windshear during the approach in thunderstorm conditions.
Wuhan Airlines flight 343 flew from Enshi toward Wuhan into thunderstorms and windshear. The crew circled for about 30 minutes waiting for the weather to clear, and the captain rejected the first officer's suggestion to divert. The aircraft crashed near Sitai village, with one half hitting a farmhouse and the other coming to rest on a Han River dike. All 49 people aboard and on the ground were killed.