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Air China Flight 183

B-5958, the Aircraft shown involved in the incident, taxiing at Tokyo International Airport.
Accident
Date	August 27, 2019 (2019-08-27)
Summary	Caught Fire at Gate
Site	Beijing Capital International Airport, China
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Airbus A330-343X
Operator	Air China
Registration	B-5958
Flight origin	Beijing Capital International Airport
Destination	Tokyo, Japan
Passengers	167(147 on board)
Crew	15
Fatalities	0
Injuries	0
Survivors	182

Air China Flight 183 was a scheduled International flight operated by Air China from Beijing to Tokyo. On August 27, 2019, the Airbus A330-343X operating the route caught fire and was damaged beyond repair resulting in a Hull loss at the gate as it was boarding, with no injuries or fatalities occuring. The flight previously arrived as CA-976 from Singapore 2 hours before the accident. Emergency responders then reacted by extinguishing a fire in the cargo hold.

The Incident is under investigation by the Civil Aviation Administration of China. It is unknown right now if they had finished the investigation. But it was said that the smoke started in the cargo hold of the Aircraft.

Accident

At 16:00, as people were boarding the Aircraft, the ECAM system on the Airbus displayed SMOKE/FWD CARGO SMOKE in the cockpit. The crew then issued a Mayday Call after smoke was detected in the cargo hold and issued a rapid disembarkation of the Aircraft. As the Emergency Developed, nobody was on board. The crown was shown severely burnt in social media posts.

Aircraft

According to social media posts on the internet, the aircraft was a 2014-built Airbus A330-343X with registration B-5958 on the tail. It was also powered by 2 Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. During the Accident, it was carrying these items:

(1) Front cargo compartment:

Cargo waybill number: 131-83879655

Number of pieces: 88 pieces

Cargo weight: 1683 kg

Product name: car air pump, plastic box, storage bag (100% polyester), standard fixed focus head, hot shoe flash 560IV, hot shoe flash 560III, toys, sticky notes, decorative flowers, ladies dresses, plastic furniture products.

Cargo waybill number: 131-83892583

Number of pieces: 3 pieces

Cargo weight: 1704 kg

cargo name: mixed cargo

Distributing single product name: pump parts, suction bell tube, diversion shell, impeller consignor: Shenyang QIYUAN Industrial Pump Production Co., Ltd. Shipping agent: before the new era, the cargo hold is loaded with the above goods, no baggage.

(2) After the lower cargo hold:

Goods were waybill number: 131-83880941

Number of pieces: 50 pieces

Cargo weight: 831 kg

Product name: clothing, wind chimes

Cargo waybill number: 131-83881512

Number of pieces: 64 pieces

Cargo weight: 1242 kg (the total number of goods in this ticket is 84, 1644 kg. Another 20 pieces, 402 kg not yet shipped)

Product name: backpack, phone pendant, jacket

Freight waybill number: 999-70796692

Number of pieces: 17 pieces

Cargo weight: 336 kg

Product Name: Sweater Pants Underwear

(3) Bulk cargo space:

Cargo waybill number: 999-70776716

Number of pieces: 9 pieces

Cargo weight: 115 kg

Cargo name: Mixed goods Sweater

See Also

Asiana Airlines Flight 991

South African Airways Flight 295

UPS Airlines Flight 6