Xiamen - Guangzhou

On October 2, 1990 at 09:04 AM, Xiamen - Guangzhou experienced a crash involving Boeing 737-200, operated by Xiamen Air, with the event recorded near Guangzhou-Baiyun Guangdong.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

102 people were known to be on board, 83 fatalities were recorded, 19 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 81.4%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 93, passenger fatalities: 75, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. 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.

Aircraft reference details include registration B-2510, MSN 23189, year of manufacture 1984.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 23.3381°, 113.3741°.