Accident | |
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Date | July 31, 1975 |
Summary | Downdraft during landing |
Site | Taipei-Songshan Airport, Taipei |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Vickers Viscount 837 |
Operator | Far Eastern Air Transport |
Registration | B-2029 |
Flight origin | Hualien Airport, Hualien County |
Destination | Taipei-Songshan Airport, Taipei |
Occupants | 75 |
Passengers | 70 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 27 |
Injuries | 48 |
Survivors | 48 |
Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 134 was a scheduled domestic flight from Hualien Airport to Taipei-Songshan Airport. [1] On July 31, 1975, the Vickers Viscount 837D crashed into the runway during a storm while on approach. 27 out of the 75 occupants onboard were killed on impact, there were 48 survivors all of them made it out with injuries. [1] [2] [3]
It is the 3rd deadliest accident of the airline and being the 5th accident of the airline. [2]
While the Viscount aircraft was on approach to Songshan, the aircraft encountered bad weather including a thunderstorm which caused rain falls and low wind-shear. The aircraft then got hit by downdraft, causing the aircraft to stall and crash possibly 300m away from the threshold of the runway. [1] [2]
The safety board concluded that the aircraft had lost control and stalled when it was hit by low wind-shear. [1] [2]
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