Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 FEB 1993 |
| Type: | Dornier 228-201 |
| Operator: | Formosa Airlines |
| Registration: | B-12238 |
| C/n / msn: | 8111 |
| First flight: | 1986 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Orchid Island (Taiwan)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Orchid Island Airport (KYD/RCLY), Taiwan |
Struck the sea while approaching Orchid Island in heavy rain.
Sources:
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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.
