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Crash title|name=China Northern Flight 6136| Crash infobox | Date=May 7 2002 | Type=In-flight fire | Site=Dalian, China | Fatalities=103 | Injuries=0 | Aircraft title Aircraft infobox | bgcol=transparent | Type=McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 | Operator=China Northern Airlines | Tail Number=B-2138 | Passengers= | Crew= | Survivors = 0 | end frame China Northern Airlines|China Northern flight 6136 (CBF6136, CJ6136) was a flight from Beijing Capital International Airport|Capital airport, Beijing to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport|Zhoushuizi airport, Dalian, a coastal city in Liaoning province of China. On May 7, 2002, at the end of a week-long holiday, the plane crashed into the bay near Dalian, shortly after the pilot reported "fire on board", killing all 103 passengers and 9 crew members. It was the second air disaster in China in less than a month, after the Air China flight 129 disaster on April 15. The MD-82 jetliner took off at 2037 local time (1237 Coordinated Universal Time|UTC) from Beijing. At 2120 local time (1320 UTC), as the plane neared Dalian, the captain reported "fire in cabin" to Dalian tower and requested an emergency landing. At 2124 local time (1324 UTC) the aircraft disappeared from the radar screen and lost contact with air traffic control|ATC. It was due to arrive Dalian at 2140 local time (1340 UTC). Eye witnesses on a nearby fishing boat reported that "a plane with fire and smoke crashed into the sea, broken in two parts." On 1505 local time (0705 UTC) May 14, the CVR was picked up by the searchers from the sea, 7 days after the disaster. The flight data recorder|FDR was picked up same day on 1705 local time (0905 UTC).
96 of the 103 on board were China|Chinese, 2 Japanese, 2 Korean, 1 Indian, 1 from Singapore and 1 from France. Weather at the time of crash was clear. There has been no indication that weather conditions led to the accident. Results of the accident investigation was published by the Xinhua News Agency on December 8, 2002. A passenger named Zhang Pilin (张丕林) apparently set a fire in the passenger cabin with gasoline, causing the plane to lose control and crash. Just several days after the disaster, there were reports that a passenger named Zhang Pilin had purchased seven air insurance policies worth a total of 1,400,000 Renminbi|RMB (about 170,000 United States dollar|USD) prior to boarding the flight. The investigation on the wreckage showed a quantity of gasoline near the seat of Zhang, and that most passengers including Zhang died of carbon monoxide inhalation. The engine, cabin floor and other critical parts showed no signs of burning or explosion. Further investigation showed that Zhang had flown from Dalian to Beijing and returned to Dalian on CJ6136 the same day. According to the video monitor record, he had spent several hours smoking cigarettes in the waiting hall of Beijing airport. Zhang purchased two insurance policies before leaving Dalian and purchased the remaining five in Beijing. Some water bottles filled with gasoline were also found in Zhang's apartment. However, no detailed accident report has been provided, due to its being considered a "highly sensitive" topic in China. Some rumors report Zhang was a terminally ill cancer patient and/or he was living with a huge debt, but there has been no official confirmation of these rumors.
Category:In-flight airliner fires Category:2002 Category:History of China This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "China Northern Flight 6136".
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