of the aircraft from the pilot. The 737 landed at an excessive speed, and sideswiped a parked China Southwest Airlines Boeing 707-3J6B which had just arrived from Chengdu as China Southwest Airlines Flight 4305, slightly injuring the pilot, who was in the cockpit at the time. Still unable to stop, the out-of-control 737 collided with China Southern Airlines Flight 3523, a Boeing 757 waiting to depart to Shanghai, before flipping over onto its back and skidding to a halt. On the Xiamen Airlines 737, seven of the nine crew members and 75 (including 30 Taiwanese, three people from Hong Kong and one American) of the 93 passengers died. On the China Southern 757 aircraft all 12 crew members survived and 46 of 110 passengers died. Of the passengers who died in the 757, eight were from Taiwan. A total of 128 people died in the disaster, including Jiang, the hijacker of the Xiamen Airlines aircraft. The hijacker Jiang was once arrested for theft in September 1988. While working as a purchasing agent in 1990, he fled on 13 July with RMB 17.000 which was given to him for purchasing goods for his company. He was wanted by the police at the time of the hijacking. Two months later, on 29 September, Jiang checked-in at a hotel near the Xiamen borders. The next day, he booked a seat on the flight he would go on to hijack. Jiang checked out of the hotel around 6 a.m. on the morning of 2 October and headed to the airport. He was seen wearing a black suit and black dress shoes, carrying a black suitcase, and holding plastic roses. Jiang was the last to board the plane. He was sitting at seat 16D. See also Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 References External links Flight Safety Foundation's Flight Safety Digest, December 1990—a brief about the incident is on Pages 13–14 (Archive) 1990 disasters in China Mass murder in 1990 Airliner accidents and incidents involving ground collisions Airliner accidents and incidents caused by hijacking Aviation accidents and incidents in 1990 Aviation accidents and incidents in China History of Guangzhou Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 707 Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737 Original Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 757 China Southern Airlines accidents and incidents China Southwest Airlines accidents and incidents XiamenAir accidents and incidents October 1990 events in Asia Cross-Strait relations 20th-century mass murder