1983 Guilin Airport collision

25.1939°N 110.3203°E / 25.1939; 110.3203

1983 Guilin Airport collision
CAAC Flight 264 · People's Liberation Army Air Force of China Harbin H-5

Accident
Date	14 September 1983 (1983-09-14)
Summary	Runway incursion
Site	Guilin Qifengling Airport, China
Total fatalities	11
Total injuries	27
Total survivors	at least 95
First aircraft
A CAAC trident similar to the accident aircraft
Type	Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E
Operator	CAAC Airlines
Registration	B-264
Flight origin	Guilin Qifengling Airport, China
Destination	Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK/ZBAA)
Occupants	106
Passengers	100
Crew	6
Fatalities	11
Injuries	21
Survivors	95
Second aircraft
Type	Harbin H-5
Operator	People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)
Registration	Unknown

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Accident

At 9:34 local time,^[3] 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.^[2][4] 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