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China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 crashes during takeoff from Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, killing 55 people.
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China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119
1993 aviation accident
China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 (WH2119) was a flight from Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport, Ningxia to Beijing Capital International Airport, China. On July 23, 1993, the aircraft crashed into a lake after it was unable to get airborne while attempting to take off at Yinchuan…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport
Airport in People's Republic of China
Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport was the former main airport of Yinchuan, Ningxia, China. It was built on orders of Ningxia governor Ma Hongkui in 1935 as a military airport with a gravel runway. The airport was closed from September 1949 to September 1958. In 1958, the airport was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Yinchuan
Prefecture-level city in Ningxia, China
Yinchuan is the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, and was the capital of the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty. It has an area of 8,874.61 km2 (3,426.51 sq mi) and a total population of 2,859,074 according to the 2020 Chinese census, and its built-up area was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ningxia
Autonomous region in Northwestern China
Ningxia, officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in Northwestern China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1954 but was later separated from Gansu in 1958 and reconstituted as an autonomous region for the Hui people, one of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
July 23
Day of the year
July 23 is the 204th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 161 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)