Guilin Airport collision – CAAC Airlines+People's Liberation Army Air Force Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E+Harbin H-5 accident, China (1983)

Accident details

Date: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Location: Xxxxxxx
Country: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Operator: XX-XXXX
Aircraft: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxx
Registration: Xxxxxxxxx
From: 000
To: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Passengers: Xxxxxxx
Crew: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Injuries: XX-XXXX
Summary: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxx

What happened

In the 1983 Guilin Airport collision, a PLAAF Harbin H-5 bomber collides with a CAAC Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E as it taxies for takeoff at Guilin Qifengling Airport, China. 11 of the 106 occupants aboard the Trident are killed. It is unknown how many casualties, if any, occurred aboard the Harbin H-5.

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