Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport Taoyuan, Taiwan
Occupants
196
Passengers
182[1]: 52 [2]
Crew
14[1][2]
Fatalities
196[3]
Survivors
0
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities
6
China Airlines Flight 676 was a scheduled international passenger flight. On Monday, 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, Taiwan.
The A300, registered as B-1814, 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 neighborhood, 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[4][5]), 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.[4][6][7]
At the time of the crash, it was the deadliest aviation accident on Taiwanese soil until the crash of China Airlines Flight 611. As of 2024, the crash remains the third deadliest accident in history of China Airlines.[3] China Airlines had 12 A300s in its fleet at the time of the accident.
^ ab"台灣飛安統計 1996-2005" [Taiwan Fei'an Statistics 1996-2005] (PDF). asc.gov.tw (in Chinese). Taiwan: Aviation Safety Council. p. 63. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ ab"華航失事班機罹難者名單公佈" [List of victims of China Airlines' wrecked flight announced]. Chinese Television System (in Chinese). Taiwan. 16 February 1998. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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^Shen, Deborah (20 February 1998). "CBC governor killed in plane crash". Taiwan Journal. Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
^"Mourners gather to identify victims of Taiwan crash". CNN. Associated Press and Reuters. 17 February 1998. Archived from the original on 7 March 2005. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
^"205 dead as China Air jet slams into Taiwan neighborhood". CNN. Associated Press and Reuters. 16 February 1998. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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