Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 NOV 1971 |
| Type: | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III |
| Operator: | China Airlines |
| Registration: | B-1852 |
| C/n / msn: | 122 |
| First flight: | 1962 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Penghu Island (Taiwan)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Taipei-Sung Shan Airport (TSA/RCSS), Taiwan |
| Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH), Hong Kong |
The aircraft crashed into the sea on a flight from Taipei to Hong Kong.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Bomb explosion.
Sources:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Taipei-Sung Shan Airport to Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport as the crow flies is 804 km (502 miles).
Distance from Taipei-Sung Shan Airport to Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport as the crow flies is 804 km (502 miles).
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.
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