Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 FEB 1980 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-309C |
| Operator: | China Airlines |
| Registration: | B-1826 |
| C/n / msn: | 20262/830 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 124 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 135 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Manila International Airport (MNL) (Philippines)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE/RCTP), Taiwan |
| Manila International Airport (MNL/RPLL), Philippines |
The 707 undershot the runway on landing and caught fire.
Events:
Sources:
» Flight International 08.03.1980 (726)
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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-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport to Manila International Airport as the crow flies is 1168 km (730 miles).
Distance from Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport to Manila International Airport as the crow flies is 1168 km (730 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.
