Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 AUG 1967 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Operator: | China Airlines |
| Registration: | B-1523 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off China [South China Sea] (Pacific Ocean) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH), Hong Kong |
Crashed into the sea. British rescue crews reported three survivors. The airplane operated on a flight from Taiwan. Newspaper reports suggest the plane involved was a C-123.
Sources:
» The Modesto Bee - Aug 23, 1967
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
