25°11′38″N 110°19′13″E / 25.1939°N 110.3203°E
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.
The 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
- ^ Accident description for B-264 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Safety update" (PDF). Flight International: 873. 1 October 1983. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
External links
- 中国航空事故百年祭." CARNOC. 2012-10-09.