Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
Status:
Date:15 AUG 1989
Type:Antonov 24RV
Operator:China Eastern Airlines
Registration: B-3417
C/n / msn: 37309006
First flight: 1973
Engines: 2 Ivchenko AI-24VT
Crew:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 34
Total:Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 40
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:near Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport (SHA) (China)
Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport (SHA/ZSSS), China
Destination airport:Nanchang Airport (KHN/ZSCN), China
Narrative:
The Antonov lost power and crashed into a river.

Sources:
» Flight International 17-12-01.1990

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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport to Nanchang Airport as the crow flies is 580 km (363 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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