Taipei - Taipei

On September 11, 1979 at 12:00 AM, Taipei - Taipei experienced a crash involving Boeing 707, operated by China Airlines, with the event recorded near Taipei-Taoyuan (ex Chiang Kai-shek) Taipei City (<U+81FA><U+5317><U+5E02>).

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew departed Taipei-Chiang Kai-shek Airport for a local training mission. During initial climb, the four engine airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea few hundred meters offshore. The aircraft was destroyed and all six crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration B-1834, MSN 18887/431, year of manufacture 1965.