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The aircraft involved, registered as B-18255, (originally registered as B-1866), MSN 21843, was the only Boeing 747-200 passenger aircraft left in China Airlines's fleet at the time. The plane was delivered to the airline on 2 August 1979.
China Airlines Flight 006 was a daily non-stop international passenger 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).
They also founded another airline to deal with the PRC-ROC dispute which borrowed aircraft from China Airlines itself. [9] One of China Airlines's 747-400s (B-164) was also used by President Lee Tung-hui during his trip to the United States in June 1995. [10] China Airlines Boeing 747-400 at Los Angeles International Airport (B-162).
In May 2002, 17 years after Flight 123's crash and 22 years after the accident aircraft's repair, China Airlines Flight 611 from Taipei to Hong Kong with 225 people on board crashed with no survivors when it broke up while cruising at around 35,000 feet. Like Flight 123, a doubler plate was not installed based upon Boeing standards.
Southwest Air Lines Flight 611, landing accident, 1982 – pilot error, runway overrun; China Airlines Flight 611, crashed 2002, with 225 deaths – poor repairs; DHL Flight 611, in the Überlingen mid-air collision, 2002 – ATC shortcomings; Air India Express Flight 611, tail strike and antenna collision on takeoff, 2018 – captain seat failure
China Airlines Flight 334 was a Boeing 747-2R7F/SCD freighter aircraft that was hijacked by pilot Wang Hsi-chueh (Chinese: 王錫爵), a former military U-2 pilot, on May 3, 1986, while en route to Don Mueang, Thailand. Wang had left family members behind in China when he left for Taiwan in 1949 and had met some of them in Hong Kong in 1984.
China Airlines Flight 006; China Airlines Flight 120; China Airlines Flight 140; China Airlines Flight 204; China Airlines Flight 206; China Airlines Flight 334; China Airlines Flight 358; China Airlines Flight 605; China Airlines Flight 611; China Airlines Flight 642; China Airlines Flight 676
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) was established on 11 May 2008 in Shanghai. It was established jointly by Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), Aluminum Corporation of China, Baosteel Group Corporation, Sinochem Group, Shanghai Guosheng Corporation Limited, and State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.