B-1816, the aircraft involved, seen at Nagoya International Airport, where the accident happened, a year before the crash
Accident
Date
26 April 1994 (1994-04-26)
Summary
Stalled and crashed on approach
Site
Nagoya Airport, Nagoya, Japan 35°14′43″N136°55′56″E / 35.2453°N 136.9323°E / 35.2453; 136.9323
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Airbus A300B4-622R
Operator
China Airlines
IATA flight No.
CI140
ICAO flight No.
CAL140
Call sign
CHINA AIR 140
Registration
B-1816
Flight origin
Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport, Taiwan
Destination
Nagoya Airport
Occupants
271
Passengers
256
Crew
15
Fatalities
264
Injuries
7
Survivors
7
China Airlines Flight 140 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (serving Taipei, Taiwan) to Nagoya Airport in Nagoya, Japan.[note 1]
On 26 April 1994, the Airbus A300 serving the route was completing a routine flight and approach, when, just seconds before landing at Nagoya Airport, the takeoff/go-around setting (TO/GA) was inadvertently triggered. The pilots attempted to pitch the aircraft down while the autopilot, which was not disabled, was pitching the aircraft up. The aircraft ultimately stalled and crashed into the ground, killing 264 of the 271 people on board. The event remains the deadliest accident in the history of China Airlines, the second deadliest air crash in Japanese history after Japan Air Lines Flight 123, and the third deadliest air crash involving the Airbus A300.[1][2][3]
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^Pollack, Andrew (27 April 1994). "261 Die When a Flight From Taiwan Crashes in Japan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
^Ranter, Harro. "Japan air safety profile". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A300B4-622R B-1816 Nagoya-Komaki International Airport (NGO)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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