What the records say
- When
- 12 Aug 1970
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 25.09° N, 121.54° E
- Description
- 1970 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 14
China Airlines Flight 206
1970 aviation accident
China Airlines Flight 206 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by a China Airlines NAMC YS-11, registered as B-156, that crashed on approach to Taipei Songshan Airport on 12 August 1970. While preparing to land, the aircraft entered into a severe thunderstorm with heavy fog. Whilst on final approach the plane crashed into a bamboo grove near the top of Yuan Mountain, killing 14 of the 31 people aboard.
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