B-150, the aircraft involved in the accident in 1998, while still in service with Mandarin Airlines at Hong Kong International Airport
Accident
Date
22 August 1999
Summary
Crashed on landing due to pilot error
Site
Hong Kong International Airport 22°18′18″N113°55′19″E / 22.305°N 113.922°E / 22.305; 113.922
Aircraft
Aircraft type
McDonnell Douglas MD-11
Operator
China Airlines
IATA flight No.
CI642
ICAO flight No.
CAL642
Call sign
DYNASTY 642
Registration
B-150
Flight origin
Don Mueang International Airport
Stopover
Hong Kong International Airport
Destination
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
Occupants
315
Passengers
300
Crew
15
Fatalities
3
Injuries
208 (44 serious, 164 minor)
Survivors
312
China Airlines Flight 642 was a flight that crashed at Hong Kong (Chep Lap Kok) International Airport on 22 August 1999. It was operating from Bangkok (Bangkok International Airport, now renamed as Don Mueang International Airport) to Taipei with a stopover in Hong Kong.[1]
The plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (registration B-150), was still carrying Mandarin Airlines' livery from its time of service with the carrier. While landing during a typhoon, it touched down hard, flipped over and caught fire. Of the 315 people on board, 312 survived and three were killed.[2] It was the first fatal accident to occur at the new Hong Kong International airport since it opened in July 1998.[3]
Flight 642 was one of only two hull losses of MD-11s with passenger configuration, the other being Swissair Flight 111, which crashed in 1998 with 229 fatalities. All other hull losses of MD-11s have been when the aircraft has been serving as a cargo aircraft.[4]
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