China Airlines Flight 676

China Airlines Flight 676
China Airlines Flight 676

CG render of A300-600R, B-1814
Accident summary
Date February 16, 1998
Type Crash on approach due to bad weather and pilot error
Site Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Passengers 182
Crew 14
Injuries 0
Fatalities 202 (incl. 6 on ground)
Survivors 0
Aircraft type Airbus A300-600R
Operator China Airlines
Tail number B-1814
Flight origin Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, Indonesia
Destination Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport, Taipei, Taiwan

China Airlines Flight 676 (CAL676, CI676) crashed into a road and residential area near Taoyuan County's Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, Taiwan on the night of February 16, 1998.

The Airbus A300-622R jet, registered B-1814, was en route from Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Indonesia to Taipei. 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 down, pitched up by 40 degrees, rose 1,000 feet (300 m), stalled, and crashed into a residential neighborhood, bursting into flames. All 196 people on board were killed (including the president of Taiwan's central bank, Sheu Yuan-dong, his wife, Huang Mian-mei, and three central bank officials[1]), along with six people on the ground. Hsu Lu, the manager of the Voice of Taipei radio station, said that one boy was pulled alive from the wreckage and later died.[1]

The flight route designator for this route has since been changed to flight 772.

Contents

Passengers

Of the passengers:[1]

See also

  • China Airlines
  • List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners


References

External links

External images
Photos of B-1814 at Airliners.net
Picture of the crash

Coordinates: 25°05′29″N 121°13′50″E / 25.0915°N 121.2305°E / 25.0915; 121.2305