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China Airlines Flight 006 (call sign "Dynasty 006") was a daily non-stop flight from Taipei to Los Angeles International Airport. On February 19, 1985, the Boeing 747SP operating the flight was involved in an aircraft upset accident , following the failure of the No. 4 engine, while cruising at 41,000 ft (12,500 m).
Only four passenger 747-200s were delivered to China Airlines, all from 1979 to 1980. The other three had been in full passenger service until 1999 when they were converted to freighters. They were immediately grounded by the ROC 's Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) after the crash for maintenance checks.
China Airlines Flight 358 was a Boeing 747-2R7F/SCD freighter that crashed on December 29, 1991, shortly after takeoff from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan. All five crew members were killed.
China Airlines Flight 605 was a daily non-stop flight departing from Taipei, Taiwan at 6:30 a.m. and arriving in Hong Kong at 7:00 a.m. local time. On 4 November 1993, the aircraft went off the runway and overran attempting to land during a storm. [1] It was the first hull loss of a Boeing 747-400. [2] [3]
On December 29, 1991, China Airlines Flight 358, a 747-200F, crashed shortly after takeoff from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, killing all five crewmembers, when the number-three and number-four engines (both right engines) detached from the aircraft. [20] The aftermath of the building after Flight 1862 crashed into it
An update issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China on the eve of the second anniversary of the crash shed little new light on it. ... Two years after a Boeing 737-800 passenger jet ...
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 747" ... China Airlines Flight 611; D. Dawson's Field hijackings; E. El Al Flight 1862; F.
Aviation experts say the Boeing 737-800 that crashed Monday in the South China mountains was one of the safest in the world.