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China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303

1994 CE · People's Republic of China, Asia · Disaster

China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303
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China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 was a domestic flight from Xi'an to Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. On June 6, 1994, the aircraft operating the flight, a Tupolev Tu-154M, broke up in-flight and crashed as a result of an autopilot malfunction which caused violent shaking and overstressed the airframe. All 160 people on board were killed.

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