1983 Guilin Airport collision

1983 Guilin Airport collision
CAAC Flight 264 ·People's Liberation Army Air Force of China Harbin H-5
Accident
Date	14 September 1983
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

Last updated June 01, 2025

25°11′38″N110°19′13″E / 25.1939°N 110.3203°E / 25.1939; 110.3203

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.

References

↑ "Plane collision in China kills 10, injures 21 - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
1 2 Accident descriptionfor B-264 at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on 30 August 2014.
↑ "A Chinese airliner collided with a military aircraft on... - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
↑ "Safety Update" (PDF). FlightGlobal. 1 October 1983. p. 873. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

External links

中国航空事故百年祭." CARNOC. 2012-10-09.

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[1] "Plane collision in China kills 10, injures 21 - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2025-04-08.

[ASN-2] 1 2 Accident descriptionfor B-264 at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on 30 August 2014.

[3] "A Chinese airliner collided with a military aircraft on... - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2025-04-09.

[4] "Safety Update" (PDF). FlightGlobal. 1 October 1983. p. 873. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

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v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in China
Before 1980	Beijing-Han Airlines crash (March 1922) Jinan air crash (November 1931) Kweilin Incident (August 1938) Chungking Incident (October 1940) Beiping (Beijing) C-46 crash (October 1945) United States Air Force C-47 crash at Yan'an (April 1946) Miss Macao (July 1948) Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 shootdown (July 1954)
1980s	CAAC Flight 3303 (April 1982) CAAC Flight 2311 (December 1982) Guilin Airport collision (September 1983) CAAC Flight 5109 (January 1985) Aeroflot Flight 101/435 (December 1985) China Airlines Flight 334 (May 1986) China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 (January 1988) China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510 (August 1989)
1990s	Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions (October 1990) China General Aviation Flight 7552 (July 1992) China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 (November 1992) China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 (July 1993) China Eastern Airlines Flight 5398 (October 1993) China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 (November 1993) China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 (June 1994) China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 (May 1997) China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 (February 1999) Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316 (April 1999)
2000s	Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 (June 2000) Hainan Island incident (April 2001) China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 (May 2002) China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 (November 2004) PLAAF KJ-200 crash (June 2006) Avient Aviation Flight 324 (November 2009)
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v t e CAAC (airline)
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Services	Fleet
Successors	Air China China Eastern Airlines China Northern Airlines China Northwest Airlines China Southern Airlines China Southwest Airlines
Key people	Liu Cunxin
Accidents and incidents	Flight 3303 (1982) Flight 2311 (1982) Flight 296 (1983) Flight 264 (1983) Flight 5109 (1985) Flight 301 (1988) Flight 3523 (1990)
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