Linfen - Linfen

On October 7, 1988 at 01:21 PM, Linfen - Linfen experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-14, operated by Shanxi Airlines, with the event recorded near Linfen Shanxi.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

48 people were known to be on board, 46 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 95.8%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 44, passenger fatalities: 40, other fatalities: 2.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft was chartered to carry 44 employees of a local knitting factory for a 15 minutes sightseeing flight over the Linfen Area. Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the left engine failed. The aircraft lost height, causing the left wing to struck a building. Upon impact, the left wing was partially torn off. The aircraft then collided with eight poplars and eventually crashed on an hotel. Four passengers were rescued while 44 others occupants as well as two people on the ground were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration B-4218, MSN 6 34 14 06, year of manufacture 1956.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.0896°, 111.5105°.