1983 Guilin Airport collision

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

1983 Guilin Airport collision
Accident summary
Date 14 September 1983
Summary Ground collision
Site Guilin Qifengling Airport, China
Total injuries (non-fatal) ?
Total fatalities ?
Total missing ?
Total survivors ?
First aircraft

A CAAC trident similar to the accident aircraft
Type Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E
Operator Civil Aviation Administration of China
Registration B-264
Flight origin Guilin Qifengling Airport, China
Destination Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK/ZBAA)
Passengers 100
Crew 6
Injuries (non-fatal) 21
Fatalities 11
Survivors 95
Second aircraft
A similiar aircraft to the accident aircraft
Type Harbin H-5
Operator People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)
Registration ?
Flight origin ?
Destination ?
Crew ?
Injuries (non-fatal) ?
Fatalities ?
Missing ?
Survivors ?

The 1983 Guilin Airport collision was a ground collision between a Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Harbin H-5 bomber and a Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Hawker-Siddeley Trident at the military - civilian Guilin Qifengling Airport, killing 11 passengers.

The accident

On 14 September 1983, a military aircraft collided into a Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Hawker-Siddeley Trident at the Guilin Qifengling Airport (now Guilin/Li Chia Tsun Air Base). The Trident was taxi-ing 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; 11 passengers died and 21 were injured, of the 106 on board.[1][2] The fate of the Harbin H-5 and its crew have not been reported.

See also

References

  1. Accident description for B-264 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 August 2014.
  2. "Safety update". Flight International: 873. 1 October 1983. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

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