China Airlines Flight 676 · Taoyuan
On February 16, 1998, China Airlines Flight 676 (Taoyuan). 196 people died.
- Date
- February 16, 1998
- Place
- Taoyuan
- Operator
- China Airlines
- Killed
- 196
- Position
- 25.091°N, 121.231°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q709416
From Wikipedia
China Airlines Flight 676 was a scheduled international passenger flight. On 16 February 1998, the Airbus A300 jet airliner operating the flight crashed into a road and residential area in Tayuan, Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City), near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taoyuan International Airport), Taiwan.
The Airbus A300 was en route from Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Indonesia, to Taipei, Taiwan. The weather was inclement, with rain and fog, when the aircraft approached Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, so the pilot executed a missed approach. After the jet was cleared to land at runway 05L, the autopilot was disengaged, and the pilots then attempted a manual go-around. The jet slowed, pitched up by 40°, rose 1,000 feet (300 m), stalled, and crashed into a residential neighbourhood, bursting into flames. All 196 people on board were killed (including the governor of Taiwan's central bank, Sheu Yuan-dong, his wife, and three central bank officials), along with six people on the ground.
Text from Wikipedia, “China Airlines Flight 676”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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