Date:	Sunday 21 November 1971
Time:
Type:	Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III
Owner/operator:	China Airlines
Registration:	B-1852
MSN:	122
Year of manufacture:	1962
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	near Penghu Island -   Taiwan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Taipei-Songshan Airport (TSA/RCSS)
Destination airport:	Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH)

Narrative:
The aircraft crashed into the sea on a flight from Taipei to Hong Kong.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Bomb explosion.

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25 April 1962

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photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH); April 1970

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