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1983 Guilin Airport collision
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Fatal 1983 aviation accident in Guilin, Guangxi, China
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1983 Guilin Airport collisionCAAC Flight 264People's Liberation Army Air Force of China Harbin H-5 A Harbin H-5 on display Accident 1983 09 14 yes Runway incursion Guilin Qifengling Airport, China 11 27 at least 95 CAAC Trident Söderström.jpg A CAAC trident similar to the accident aircraft Harbin H-5 (2911562789).jpg A similar aircraft to the accident aircraft Harbin H-5 People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Unknown Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E CAAC Airlines B-264 Guilin Qifengling Airport, China Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK/ZBAA) 106 100 6 21 11 95
The 1983 Guilin Airport collision was a ground collision which occurred on 12 September 1983 between a People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Harbin H-5 bomber and a CAAC Hawker-Siddeley Trident operating as Flight 264 at the military – civilian Guilin Qifengling Airport, killing 11 passengers and injuring 27 onboard the Trident. The fate of the crew of the Harbin H-5 is unknown.Plane collision in China kills 10, injures 21 - UPI Archives https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/09/14/Plane-collision-in-China-kills-10-injures-21/6965432360000/ 2025-04-08 UPI en
Background
CAAC Flight 264
The aircraft operating as flight 264 was an 8 year old Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E, equipped with three Rolls-Royce Spey 512 engines. The aircraft was manufactured in 1975 with the MSN being 2169, being registered as B-264.
Accident
At 9:34 local time,A Chinese airliner collided with a military aircraft on... - UPI Archives https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/09/14/A-Chinese-airliner-collided-with-a-military-aircraft-on/8255432360000/ 2025-04-09 UPI en a Harbin H-5 collided with a Hawker-Siddeley Trident operating as CAAC Flight 264 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, which was bound for Beijing, were 100 passengers and 6 crew; of the 106 on board 11 passengers died and 21 were injured. B-264 19830914-0 30 August 2014Safety Update https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1983/1983%20-%201807.PDF 31 August 2014 FlightGlobal 1 October 1983 https://web.archive.org/web/20140903112023/https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1983/1983%20-%201807.PDF 3 September 2014 873 English It was not reported what was the fate of the H-5's crew.
See also
Tenerife airport disaster, the deadliest runway incursion in history
References
External links
中国航空事故百年祭 https://web.archive.org/web/20130402054229/http://news.carnoc.com/list/234/234637.html 2013-04-02 ." CARNOC. 2012-10-09.
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