On May 7, 2002, the Liao Da Ganyu 0998 fishing boat was operating in the open airspace of Dalian . Suddenly, fishermen saw a hovering passenger plane emitting thick smoke, and soon it crashed into the sea. When the rescuers rushed to the rescue, all they saw were the wreckage of the plane and the bodies of the victims.
The China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 (CJ6136) involved is a regular flight from Beijing Capital Airport to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport. According to the plan, flight CJ6136 is expected to depart from Beijing at 20:27 and arrive in Dalian at 21:40.
On May 7th, the flight CJ6136 was the McDonnell Douglas MD-82, the production number was 1702. This is also one of the McDonnell Douglas passenger aircrafts assembled by the Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Plant authorized by McDonnell Douglas, and the registration number is B- 2138. The aircraft was delivered to China Northern Airlines in July 1991. Before the incident, it had accumulated 26,000 hours of flying and 1.6 take-off and landing cycles. From March 27th to April 2nd, 2002, the B-2138 unit just completed the 5A inspection. The picture of
, the McDonnell Douglas passenger plane
B-2138 painted by North Airlines also has a "legendary" experience. It has been hijacked twice. On November 12, 1993, when B-2138 flew North Airlines flight 6353, it was hijacked by Han Shuxue and Li Xiangyu on the way to Fuzhou from Changchun to Taipei Taoyuan Airport in Taiwan Province. A flight attendant on board was also stabbed. When the hijacking of flight
6553 just subsided, on December 8 of this year, when B-2138 was flying North Airlines flight 6517, it was hijacked by the gangster Gao Jun to Taoyuan Airport in Taiwan Province.
Picture, North Airlines fleet overview
On May 7, 2002, flight CJ6136 carried a total of 112 people, including 103 passengers and 9 crew members. The captain of the flight was Wang Yongxiang, 35 years old, who was the chief of the technical training section of Northern Airlines at that time, and accumulated 11,000 flight hours. The first officer is 29 years old and has accumulated 3,300 flying hours.
20:37, flight CJ6136 took off from runway 36R of Beijing Capital Airport. At 21:20, the captain Wang Yongxiang began to report to the tower of Dalian Airport: the cabin of the aircraft is on fire, and the tail is on fire! An emergency landing was requested. The final communication between the pilot and the tower of
is: There is a fire in the cabin!
Four minutes later, flight CJ6136 lost contact with the tower, and soon disappeared from the radar screen.
map, satellite view of Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport, flight CJ6136 crashed into the sea only 20 kilometers away from the airport's main runway
21:40, the Dalian Public Security Bureau received an alarm call, some witnesses said that a plane crashed. 5 minutes after the
air crash, the authorities initiated emergency rescue procedures. The tugboat "Haigang 21" became the first rescue force to arrive at the scene of the accident. The wreckage of the plane and the bodies of the victims were salvaged one after another. A total of 112 people were killed in the air crash, with no survivors. After the flight
CJ6136 crashed, the State Council immediately established a "5·7" air crash handling team. The accident investigation also started immediately. Since McDonnell Douglas has been acquired by Boeing, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has also dispatched investigators to assist in the investigation of the accident. Representatives of FAA, Boeing and Pratt & Whitney are also popular. The picture of
, the salvaged passenger plane wreck
"black box" contains the flight data and recordings of the plane before the crash, which is very important for accident investigation. After falling into the water, the "black box" sends out a signal with 37.5 Hz sound waves. After several days of fighting, the search and rescue team finally recovered the "black box" on May 14. The
investigator quickly learned from the tower controller that there was a fire in the cabin before the plane crashed. The food cart salvaged by the rescue team showed obvious burnt marks. The wreckage of the
plane showed a large amount of gasoline residue near the seat of Zhang Pilin and . The autopsy of the victims, including Zhang, showed that most people died from inhaling excessive carbon monoxide.
investigators found that Zhang Pilin had purchased from six insurance companies before boarding the plane.After buying 7 copies of aviation accident insurance, Zhang’s family members can receive 1.4 million insurance money in accordance with the normal claims procedures.
investigators discovered through camera records that Zhang Pilin flew from Dalian to Beijing on the day of the incident, and returned to Dalian by flight CJ6136. He smoked for several hours in the terminal building of Beijing Capital Airport.
picture, McDonnell Douglas MD-82 passenger cabin photo
On December 7, 2002, the investigation team released the final accident investigation report, which pointed out that the cause of the crash was caused by passenger Zhang Pilin igniting gasoline in the cabin. After the
air crash, Zhang's insurance company delivered a "Notice of Denial of Compensation" to his mother. In accordance with relevant laws and regulations, the insurance company does not compensate Zhang for the insured aviation accident insurance.
What is sighing is that Zhang Pilin’s deliberate arson also caused 111 innocent people to suffer. The
air crash has also had a great impact on the operation of Northern Airlines, and even the situation of collective refunds of passengers has occurred. In the first half of 2002, it lost 460 million yuan. It coincided with the tide of reform and reorganization of China's civil aviation. In October 2002, China Northern Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Xinjiang Airlines formed the new China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. Since then, China Northern Airlines has disappeared in China's aviation history. After the air crash, the Civil Aviation Administration of China also upgraded the security inspection procedures, and spent 800 million yuan to upgrade the aircraft cabin, install airborne prevention and control systems, and update airport security inspection equipment.
