Summary CFIT Passengers 26 Fatalities 14 Date 12 August 1970 Operator China Airlines Passenger count 26 | Site Taipei Airport Crew 5 Survivors 17 Number of deaths 14 Survivor 17 Location Taipei Songshan Airport | |
Similar China Airlines Flight 605, China Airlines Flight 334, Civil Air Transport Flight 106, Far Eastern Air Transport, Thai Airways Internatio | ||
China Airlines Flight 206 was a flight operated by a China Airlines NAMC YS-11, registration B-156, that crashed on approach to Taipei Songshan Airport on 12 August 1970. While preparing to land, the aircraft entered thick fog and a severe thunderstorm. 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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