China Airlines Flight 611 · Taiwan Strait
On May 25, 2002, China Airlines Flight 611 (Taiwan Strait). 225 people died.
- Date
- May 25, 2002
- Place
- Taiwan Strait
- Operator
- China Airlines
- Killed
- 225
- Position
- 23.990°N, 119.679°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q435806
From Wikipedia
China Airlines Flight 611 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight operated by a Boeing 747-200 from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taoyuan International Airport) in Taiwan to Hong Kong International Airport. On May 25th, 2002, the flight disintegrated midair and crashed into the Taiwan Strait, 26 miles (23 nmi; 42 km) northeast of the Penghu Islands, 20 minutes after takeoff, killing all 225 people on board. The in-flight breakup was caused by metal fatigue cracks from a tailstrike at Kai Tak Airport on 7 of February 1980 after which the aircraft was not properly repaired according to Boeing policies and manuals. Metal fatigue from over 22 years of service and repeated pressurization cycles caused tiny cracks that led to the aircraft's breakup.
The crash remains the deadliest in Taiwan, as well as the most recent accident with fatalities involving China Airlines, and the second-deadliest accident in China Airlines history, behind China Airlines Flight 140 with 264 fatalities.
Text from Wikipedia, “China Airlines Flight 611”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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