1983 Guilin Airport collision

25.1939°N 110.3203°E / 25.1939; 110.3203

1983 Guilin Airport collision

Accident
Date	14 September 1983 (1983-09-14)
Summary	Ground collision
Site	Guilin Qifengling Airport, China
Total fatalities	at least 11
Total injuries	at least 21
Total survivors	at least 95
First aircraft
A CAAC trident similar to the accident aircraft
Type	Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E
Operator	CAAC Airlines, Guangzhou division (now China Southern Airlines)
Registration	B-264
Flight origin	Guilin Qifengling Airport, China
Destination	Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK/ZBAA)
Passengers	100
Crew	6
Fatalities	11
Injuries	21
Survivors	95
Second aircraft
Type	Harbin H-5
Operator	People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)

The 1983 Guilin Airport collision was a ground collision between a People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Harbin H-5 bomber and a CAAC (Guangzhou Division, now China Southern Airlines) Hawker-Siddeley Trident at the military – civilian Guilin Qifengling Airport, killing 11 passengers.

Accident

On 14 September 1983, a military aircraft collided into a CAAC (Guangzhou Division, now China Southern Airlines) Hawker-Siddeley Trident at the Guilin Qifengling Airport. The Trident was taxiing for take-off when it was struck by the Harbin H-5, ripping a large hole in the forward fuselage of the Trident. On board the Trident bound for Beijing were 100 passengers and 6 crew; of the 106 on board 11 passengers died and 21 were injured.[1][2] The fate of the Harbin H-5 and its crew was not reported.

See also

• Tenerife airport disaster, the most deadly runway collision

References

1. Accident description for B-264 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 August 2014.
2. "Safety Update" (PDF). FlightGlobal. 1 October 1983. p. 873. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

External links

• 中国航空事故百年祭." CARNOC. 2012-10-09.