Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 OCT 1989 |
| Time: | 18:55 |
| Type: | Boeing 737-209 |
| Operator: | China Airlines |
| Registration: | B-180 |
| C/n / msn: | 23795/1319 |
| First flight: | 1986-12-03 (2 years 11 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 47 / Occupants: 47 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 54 / Occupants: 54 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5,5 km (3.4 mls) N of Hualien Airport (HUN) (Taiwan)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Hualien Airport (HUN/RCYU), Taiwan |
| Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE/RCTP), Taiwan | |
| Flightnumber: | 204 |
Flight CI204 collided with a mountain in the Chiashan mountain range at an elevation of 7000 feet, 3 minutes after take-off.
PROBABLE CAUSE: The crew used the climbout procedure of the wrong runway, causing the aircraft to make a left instead of right turn. Events:
Sources:
» Aviation Week & Space Technology 30.10.1989 (p.32)
» Flight International 6-12 Dec. 1989
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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 Hualien Airport to Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport as the crow flies is 123 km (77 miles).
Distance from Hualien Airport to Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport as the crow flies is 123 km (77 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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