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This plane crash takes us to the Asian country of Taiwan, which is located in the South China Sea, the East China Sea and it's located near China.
WARNINGS OF A MID AIR BREAKUP AND PLANE CRASH
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Pictured above is the accident aircraft, photographed in 2000.
China Airlines Flight 611, registered as Bravo- 18255 (B-18255), was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport (now Taoyuan International Airport, IATA: TPE, ICAO: RCTP), Taipei, Taiwan to Hong Kong International Airport (IATA: HKG, ICAO: VHHH), Hong Kong, on the 25th of May 2002, the Boeing 747-209B aircraft operating the route, disintegrated in midair and crashed into the Taiwan Strait, 23 nautical miles (43 kilometres) northeast of the Penghu Islands, 20 minutes after takeoff, killing all 225 people on board, as of 2023, the crash remains the deadliest in Taiwanese history, as well as the most recent accident involving fatalities for either a 747 passenger flight and for China Airlines.
The flight took off at 15:08pm local time (07:08am UTC), and the flight was scheduled to arrive at Hong Kong at 19:28pm HKT (Hong Kong Time, 08:28am UTC), at 15:16pm local time, the flight was cleared to climb to flight level 350- about 35,000 feet, at 15:33pm local time, contact with the plane was lost, Chang Chia-juch, the Taiwanese Vice Minister of Transportation and Communications at the time, said that two Cathay Pacific aircraft in the area received Flight 611 emergency location- indicator signals, all 206 passengers and 19 crew (225 in total) onboard the aircraft were killed in the crash.
The summary of the crash was an In flight breakup caused by metal fatigue from an earlier improperly repaired tail strike.
Below is a video which explains what happens on the day of the accident and the lead up to the accident, video credit goes to Disaster Breakdown on Youtube, video is done by Chloe Howie.
