China Airlines Flight 676
China Airlines Flight 676 was a scheduled international passenger flight. On Monday, 16 February 1998, the Airbus A300 jet airliner operating the flight crashed into a road and residential area in Tayuan, Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City), near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, Taiwan.
B-1814, the aircraft involved in the accident, at Kai Tak Airport in November 1997, three months before the crash. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 16 February 1998 |
| Summary | Stalled and crashed on approach to land |
| Site | Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport, Taoyuan, Taiwan 25.0915°N 121.2305°E |
| Total fatalities | 202 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A300B4-622R |
| Operator | China Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | CI676 |
| ICAO flight No. | CAL676 |
| Call sign | DYNASTY 676 |
| Registration | B-1814 |
| Flight origin | Ngurah Rai International Airport Bali, Indonesia |
| Destination | Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport Taoyuan, Taiwan |
| Occupants | 196 |
| Passengers | 182: 52 |
| Crew | 14 |
| Fatalities | 196 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 6 |
The A300, registered as B-1814, was en route from Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Indonesia to Taipei, Taiwan. The weather was inclement, with rain and fog when the aircraft approached Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, so the pilot executed a missed approach. After the jet was cleared to land at runway 05L, the autopilot was disengaged, and the pilots then attempted a manual go-around. The jet slowed, pitched up by 40°, rose 1,000 feet (300 m), stalled, and crashed into a residential neighborhood, bursting into flames. All 196 people on board were killed (including the governor of Taiwan's central bank, Sheu Yuan-dong, his wife, and three central bank officials), along with six people on the ground. Hsu Lu, the manager of the Voice of Taipei radio station, said that one boy was pulled alive from the wreckage and later died.
At the time of the crash, it was the deadliest aviation accident on Taiwanese soil until the crash of China Airlines Flight 611. As of 2024, the crash remains the third deadliest accident in history of China Airlines. China Airlines had 12 A300s in its fleet at the time of the accident.