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'September 13 Incident') was an aircraft accident at 3 a.m. on 13 September 1971 involving Lin Biao, the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. Everyone on board the Hawker Siddeley Trident, including Lin and several members of his family, died when the aircraft impacted Mongolian terrain. [1]
List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1970–1974) 0–9. ... China Airlines Flight 206; D. Dan-Air Flight 1903; Dawson's Field hijackings;
China Airlines Flight 206 was a flight operated by a China Airlines NAMC YS-11, registration B-156, that crashed on approach to Taipei Songshan Airport on 12 August 1970. While preparing to land, the aircraft entered thick fog and a severe thunderstorm. [ 1 ]
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. The aircraft had logged more than 64,800 hours of flight time at the time of the accident. The plane was ...
The plane was overloaded, carrying 21 passengers and crew rather than the 17 maximum specified. One person died, and four others were badly injured. In the 1996 Air Africa crash, the plane failed to take off due to being over maximum takeoff weight. The aircraft overran the runway and ploughed into a crowded market, which killed more than 220 ...
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
Crashed during competition aerobatics. Aircraft failed to recover from a downwards snap roll manoeuvre, causing it to rotate until it struck the ground. [33] [34] Carlos Cruz: Dominican Republic 1970 World boxing champion 1970 Dominicana de Aviación DC-9 crash: Punta Caucedo: Fuel contamination Rodney Culver: United States 1996