The crash of a passenger aircraft in northeast China`s Heilongjiang Province Tuesday ended an unbroken record of civil air safety stretching back almost six years.
The following are major air crashes on the Chinese mainland since 1980:
August 24, 2010: A ERJ-190 jet manufactured by Brazilian aerospace conglomerate Embraer crashes near the runway of Lindu airport, Yichun, Heilongjiang Province at 9:36 p.m., killing 42 people and injuring 54.
November 21, 2004: A Bombardier CRJ200 passenger jet crashes in Baotou City, northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, killing all 53 on board and two on the ground.
May 7, 2002: A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 operated by China Northern Airlines crashes off the coast of the northeastern Dalian City, killing all 112 aboard.
June 22, 2000: A Yun-7 passenger aircraft crashes on the outskirts of the central Wuhan City, killing 44 on board and seven on a ship.
February 24, 1999: All 61 people on board are killed when a China Southwest Airlines Tupolev-154-2622 jet crashes en route from Chengdu, capital of the southwestern Sichuan Province, to Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province.
May 8, 1997: A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737-300 crashes on landing at an airport in the southern Shenzhen City, killing 35 of the 74 passegers and crew.
June 6, 1994: A China Northwest Airlines Tupolev-154 crashes in Mingdu Township in northwest China`s Shaanxi Province, killing all 160 people on board.
July 23, 1993: A China Northwest Airlines BAe146 crashes into a pond while taking off from an airport in northwestern Yinchuan City, killing 55 people.
November 24, 1992: A total of 141 people are killed when a Boeing 737 passenger aircraft operated by China Southern Airlines crashes in mountains in Yangshuo County in southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
July 31, 1992: A China General Airlines passenger aircraft crashes off the runway when taking off in Nanjing, killing 107 people and injuring 19.
October 2, 1990: A hijacked Boeing 737 plane belonging to Xiamen Airlines collides with a China Southern Airlines B757 passenger jet at Baiyun Airport in the southern Guangzhou City, killing 82 on the Boeing 737 and 46 on the Boeing 757.
August 15, 1989: A China Eastern Airlines An-24 on a flight from Shanghai to Nanchang crashes during taking-off because of engine failure, killing 34 people.
January 18, 1988: A total of 108 people on board are killed when an IL-14P aircraft operated by China Southwest Airlines crashes near an airport in the southwestern Chongqing city.
January 18, 1985: A CAAC An-24 on a flight from Nanjing to Jinan crashes in Jinan, capital of the eastern Shandong Province, killing 38 people.
December 24, 1982: An IL-18B aircraft on a flight from Changsha to Guangzhou crashes at Baiyun Airport in Guangzhou, killing 25 passengers.
April 26, 1982: A CAAC Trident2E passenger aircraft en route from Guangzhou to Guilin in Guangxi crashes in Gongcheng County, Guangxi, killing all 112 people on board.