SF Gate: A list of fatal China Airlines crashes

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Saturday, May 25, 2002 (AP)
A list of fatal China Airlines crashes
The Associated Press


   (05-25) 09:39 PDT (AP) --
   A list of fatal China Airlines crashes:
   May 25, 2002: Boeing 747-200 crashes at sea off Penghu, Taiwan, with 225
people on board.
   August 22, 1999: MD-11 crash landed in Hong Kong, killing three people.
   Feb. 16, 1998: Airbus A300 flight from Bali, Indonesia, crashes during
landing in Taipei, killing 202.
   March 26, 1994: Airbus A300 from Taipei crashes at the airport at Nagoya,
Japan, killing 264.
   Dec. 29, 1991: Boeing 747-200 crash lands in Taipei, killing five people.
   Oct. 26, 1989: Boeing 737 slams into a mountain in the eastern Taiwanese
city of Hualien, killing 54.
   Feb. 16, 1986: Boeing 737 crashes off Penghu, Taiwan, killing 13.
   Feb. 27, 1980: Boeing 707 crash lands in Manila, killing five.
   Sept. 11, 1979: Boeing 707 crashes near Taipei, killing five.
   Nov. 20, 1971: CVL plane crashes at sea off Penghu with bombs planted by
terrorists, killing 25.
   Aug. 12, 1970: YS-11 plane crashes amid storm in Taipei, killing 16.
   Jan. 2, 1969: DC-3 crashes in Taitung after being hit by turbulence,
eastern Taiwan, killing 24.

Source: Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Aviation Safety Council.

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