Narrative:
The aircraft crashed into the sea on a flight from Taipei to Hong Kong.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Bomb explosion.
accident date: 21-11-1971
type: Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III
registration: HB-ICT
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 21 November 1971 |
| Type: |  Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III |
| Operator: | China Airlines |
| Registration: | B-1852 |
| MSN: | 122 |
| First flight: | 1962-03-20 (9 years 8 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Penghu Island ( Taiwan)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Taipei-Songshan 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 / FAAPhotos
accident date: 21-11-1971
type: Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III
registration: HB-ICT
Map
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-Songshan Airport to Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport as the crow flies is 804 km (502 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Taipei-Songshan Airport to Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport as the crow flies is 804 km (502 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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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