1983 Guilin Airport collision

{{Short description|Fatal 1983 aviation accident in Guilin, Guangxi, China}}

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| name = 1983 Guilin Airport collision
{{nobold|{{small|CAAC Flight 264{{·}}People's Liberation Army Air Force of China Harbin H-5}}}}

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| caption = A Harbin H-5 on display

| occurrence_type = Accident

| date = {{start date|1983|09|14|df=yes}}

| summary = Runway incursion

| site = Guilin Qifengling Airport, China

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| total_fatalities = 11

| total_injuries = 27

| total_missing =

| total_survivors = at least 95

| plane1_image = CAAC Trident Söderström.jpg

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| plane1_caption = A CAAC trident similar to the accident aircraft

| plane2_image = Harbin H-5 (2911562789).jpg

| plane2_alt = A similar aircraft to the accident aircraft

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| plane2_type = Harbin H-5

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| plane2_operator = People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)

| plane2_tailnum = Unknown

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| plane1_type = Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E

| plane1_name =

| plane1_operator = CAAC Airlines

| plane1_tailnum = B-264

| plane1_origin = Guilin Qifengling Airport, China

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| plane1_destination = Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK/ZBAA)

| plane1_occupants = 106

| plane1_passengers = 100

| plane1_crew = 6

| plane1_injuries = 21

| plane1_fatalities = 11

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| plane1_survivors = 95

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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.{{Cite web |title=Plane collision in China kills 10, injures 21 - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/09/14/Plane-collision-in-China-kills-10-injures-21/6965432360000/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=UPI |language=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,{{Cite web |title=A Chinese airliner collided with a military aircraft on... - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/09/14/A-Chinese-airliner-collided-with-a-military-aircraft-on/8255432360000/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=UPI |language=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.{{ASN accident|title= B-264|id=19830914-0|accessdate=30 August 2014}}{{cite news |title=Safety Update |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1983/1983%20-%201807.PDF |access-date=31 August 2014 |agency=FlightGlobal |date=1 October 1983 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903112023/https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1983/1983%20-%201807.PDF |archive-date=3 September 2014 |page=873 |language=English}} It was not reported what was the fate of the H-5's crew.