Wuhan Airlines

Wuhan Airlines
Founded	1986
Ceased operations	18 August 2002 (merged into China Eastern Airlines)
Headquarters	Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Wuhan Airlines (S: 武汉航空, T: 武漢航空, P: Wǔhàn Hángkōng) was an airline based in Wuhan of the People's Republic of China.^[1] In 2003, it merged into China Eastern Airlines.^[2]

Historical Fleet[]

A Wuhan Airlines Xian Y-7-100 at Beijing Civil Aviation Museum

4 Avia 14 Registration #: B-4209, B-4210, B-4211, B-4212 (B-4211 crashed near Lanzhou on 8th October 1992)^[3]
2 Boeing 737-36R Registration #: B-2969, B-2988
3 Boeing 737-3Q8 Registration #: B-2918, B-2919, B-2928
1 Boeing 737-3S3 Registration #: B-2976
2 Boeing 737-86R Registration #: B-2660, B-2665
5 Yunshuji Y-7 Registration #: B-3442, B-3443, B-3471, B-3472, B-3479
3 Xian MA60 Registration #: B-3430, B-3431, B-3432 (now under China Eastern Airlines colors)

On June 22, 2000, a Wuhan Airlines flight from Enshi to Wuhan was forced to circle for 30 minutes due to thunderstorms. The aircraft eventually crashed on the banks of Han River in Hanyang District,^[4] all on-board perished (there were varying accounts of number of crews and passengers). In addition, the crash also killed 7 people on the ground.^[5]^[6]^[7]

^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 31 March-6 April 1999. p. 107. "230-1 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China"
^ Information about Wuhan Airlines at the Aviation Safety Network
^ Gordon, Yefim; Komissarov, Dmitriy (2005). Ilyushin IL-12 and IL-14: Successors to the Li-2 (1st ed.). Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. p. 90. ISBN 1-85780-223-3.
^ 祸从天降：汉江边4人被武汉坠毁飞机扫入江中 (in Chinese). Sina. 2000-06-22. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
^ Geoghegan, Tom (2005-04-28). "How planes survive lightning". BBC News Magazine. BBC News. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
^ "Fatal Events Since 1970 for Airlines of the People's Republic of China". AirSafe.com. 2007-12-10. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
^ {{{1}}}^[usurped!]

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