Narrative:
A Boeing 747-2U3B passenger plane, operating Garuda Indonesia Airways flight GA980, overran runway 06 on landing at Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE), Taiwan. Some tires were blown.
| Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
| Date: | Thursday 20 March 1997 |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-2U3B |
| Operator: | Garuda Indonesia Airways |
| Registration: | PK-GSA |
| MSN: | 22246/452 |
| First flight: | 1980-06-12 (16 years 10 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7Q |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 282 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 301 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE) ( Taiwan)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Denpasar-Ngurah Rai Bali International Airport (DPS/WADD), Indonesia |
| Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE/RCTP), Taiwan | |
| Flightnumber: | GA980 |
A Boeing 747-2U3B passenger plane, operating Garuda Indonesia Airways flight GA980, overran runway 06 on landing at Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE), Taiwan. Some tires were blown.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» Indonesian Aircraft Accident/Incident Database 1988-2001Photos
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 Denpasar-Ngurah Rai Bali International Airport to Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport as the crow flies is 3802 km (2376 miles).
Distance from Denpasar-Ngurah Rai Bali International Airport to Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport as the crow flies is 3802 km (2376 miles).
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