Taipei - Kaohsiung

On August 22, 1981 at 10:00 AM, Taipei - Kaohsiung experienced a crash involving Boeing 737-200, operated by Far Eastern Air Transport - FAT, with the event recorded near Sanyi Miaoli County (<U+82D7><U+6817><U+7E23>).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

110 people were known to be on board, 110 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: 104, passenger fatalities: 104, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The airplane departed Taipei-Songshan Airport bound for Kaohsiung. Fourteen minutes later, while cruising at FL220, radar contact was lost with the airplane and the crew did not send any distress message. The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent, suffered an explosive cabin decompression, partially disintegrated in the air and crashed in Sanyi, in the Miaoli County. Debris scattered on a large area (10 km2) and all 110 occupants were killed, among them the Japanese writer Kuniko Mukoda.

Aircraft reference details include registration B-2603, MSN 19939, year of manufacture 1969.