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Pages in category "China Airlines accidents and incidents" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
After the accident, China Airlines flight number 676 was retired and changed to Flight 772; it was still operated by the Airbus A300 until they were replaced by Airbus A330 aircraft. [20] The Airbus A300 was in the fleet of China Airlines until 2006, when it was replaced by the Airbus A330-300 and Boeing 747-400 aircraft.
China Airlines Flight 120 [2] was a regularly scheduled flight from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City), Taiwan to Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan. On 20 August 2007 the Boeing 737-809 (WL) aircraft operating the flight caught fire and exploded after landing and taxiing to the gate area at Naha Airport.
The accident flight was to be the aircraft's penultimate flight for China Airlines, as it was scheduled to be delivered to Orient Thai Airlines after its return flight from Hong Kong to Taipei. After the crash, the contract to sell the aircraft was voided and Orient Thai replaced it with another 747. [ 5 ]
Following the crash, China Airlines decided to retire flight number CI140 and instead designate the Taipei-Nagoya service to CI150. [17] As of May 2024, China Airlines still operate this service, operating in and out of Chubu Centrair International Airport after it opened in 2005, moving from Komaki Airport. Today, Komaki serves limited ...
Seating plan B-150, the aircraft involved in the accident, painted in old China Airlines livery (circa 1992–93). The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 registered as B-150, which had been delivered to China Airlines in October 1992. The aircraft was powered by three Pratt & Whitney PW4460 turbofan engines.
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Air China Flight 129 (CCA129/CA129) was a scheduled international passenger flight, operated by Air China, from Beijing Capital International Airport to Gimhae International Airport in Busan. On 15 April 2002, the aircraft on this route, a Boeing 767-200ER , crashed into a hill near the airport, killing 129 of the 166 people on board.