Date:	Thursday 26 October 1989
Time:	18:55
Type:	Boeing 737-209
Owner/operator:	China Airlines
Registration:	B-180
MSN:	23795/1319
Year of manufacture:	1986
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 54 / Occupants: 54
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	5,5 km N of Hualien Airport (HUN) -   Taiwan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Hualien Airport (HUN/RCYU)
Destination airport:	Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE/RCTP)

Narrative:
China Airlines Flight 204 collided with a mountain in the Chiashan mountain range at an elevation of 7000 feet, 3 minutes after takeoff.

PROBABLE CAUSE: The crew used the climbout procedure of the wrong runway, causing the aircraft to make a left instead of right turn.

Aviation Week & Space Technology 30 October 1989 (p.32)
Flight International 6-12 Dec. 1989

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; unknown

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