Passengers 52 Fatalities 57 Aircraft type Curtiss C-46D Commando Number of deaths 57 Passenger count 52 | Crew 5 Survivors 0 Date 20 June 1964 Survivor 0 | |
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Summary Engine failure and loss of control Similar Far Eastern Air Transport, Thai Airways Internatio, China Airlines Flight 334 | ||
Civil Air Transport Flight 106 was a Curtiss C-46D Commando operated by the Taiwanese airline Civil Air Transport that on 20 June 1964 crashed near the village of Shenkang in western Taiwan, killing all 57 people aboard.
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The accident
Shortly after trake-off from Taichung the No.1 engine failed and during the recovery the aircraft turned to the left impacting the ground leftwing low in a nose down attitude.
The aircraft
The flight was being operated by a C-46D, regn. B-908, (C/n 32950), which had flown 19488 hours from 1944 to 1964
Causes
Primary cause of the accident was the failure of the No.1 engine, compounded by mis-handling during the recovery / return to Taichung Airport.But later identified as a hijacking incident, the hijackers killed the pilot because of hijacking, causing the plane crashed.
Passengers
Among the dead were 20 Americans, one Briton and members of the Malaysian delegation to the 11th Film Festival in Asia, including businessman Loke Wan Tho and his wife Mavis.