1983 Guilin Airport Collision
Accident | |
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Date | 14 September 1983 |
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. The fate of the Harbin H-5 and its crew was not reported.
See also
- Tenerife airport disaster, the most deadly runway collision
References
- ^ Accident description for B-264 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 August 2014.
- ^ "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.