Summary Ground collision Total injuries (non-fatal) at least 21 Date 14 September 1983 Survivor 95 Crew count 6 | Total fatalities at least 11 Total survivors at least 95 Number of deaths 11 Passenger count 100 | |
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Site Guilin Qifengling Airport, China Type Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E Locations China, Guilin Qifengling Airport Similar 1983 British Airways S, Ozark Air Lines Flight 650, Aeroflot Flight 601, Aeroflot Flight 5463, Malaysian Airline System Fl | ||
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. 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 have not been reported.