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1983 Guilin Airport Collision

25°11′38″N 110°19′13″E / 25.1939°N 110.3203°E / 25.1939; 110.3203

1983 Guilin Airport collision
Accident
Date14 September 1983 (1983-09-14)
SummaryGround collision
SiteGuilin Qifengling Airport, China
Total fatalitiesat least 11
Total injuriesat least 21
Total survivorsat least 95
First aircraft

A CAAC trident similar to the accident aircraft
TypeHawker Siddeley Trident 2E
OperatorCAAC Airlines, Guangzhou division (now China Southern Airlines)
RegistrationB-264
Flight originGuilin Qifengling Airport, China
DestinationBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK/ZBAA)
Passengers100
Crew6
Fatalities11
Injuries21
Survivors95
Second aircraft
A similar aircraft to the accident aircraft
TypeHarbin H-5
OperatorPeople'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. The fate of the Harbin H-5 and its crew was not reported.

See also

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.