China Airlines Flight 140
China Airlines Flight 140 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (serving Taipei, Taiwan) to Nagoya Airport in Nagoya, Japan.
B-1816, the aircraft involved, seen at Nagoya International Airport, where the accident happened, a year before the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 26 April 1994 |
| Summary | Stalled and crashed on approach |
| Site | Nagoya Airport, Nagoya, Japan 35.2453°N 136.9323°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A300B4-622R |
| Operator | China Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | CI140 |
| ICAO flight No. | CAL140 |
| Call sign | CHINA AIR 140 |
| Registration | B-1816 |
| Flight origin | Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport, Taiwan |
| Destination | Nagoya Airport |
| Occupants | 271 |
| Passengers | 256 |
| Crew | 15 |
| Fatalities | 264 |
| Injuries | 7 |
| Survivors | 7 |
On 26 April 1994, the Airbus A300 serving the route was completing a routine flight and approach, when, just seconds before landing at Nagoya Airport, the takeoff/go-around setting (TO/GA) was inadvertently triggered. The pilots attempted to pitch the aircraft down while the autopilot, which was not disabled, was pitching the aircraft up. The aircraft ultimately stalled and crashed into the ground, killing 264 of the 271 people on board. The event remains the deadliest accident in the history of China Airlines, the second deadliest air crash in Japanese history after Japan Air Lines Flight 123, and the third deadliest air crash involving the Airbus A300.