Summary Engine failure Crew 4 Registration B-2009 Survivor 0 | Passengers 32 Survivors 0 Date 24 February 1969 Destination Taipei Songshan Airport Total fatalities 36 (all) | |
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Aircraft type Handley Page Dart Herald Similar Far Eastern Air Transport, Civil Air Transport Flight 106, Mexicana Flight 704, Philippine Airlines Flight 158, Nigeria Airways Flight 825 | ||
On 24 February 1969, Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104, a short-haul flight from Kaohsiung International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport, Taiwan using a Handley Page Dart Herald aircraft crashed on approach for an emergency landing in Tainan Airport in Taiwan. The flight, with 32 passengers and 4 crew on board. Ten minutes after take-off, the aircraft's port-side engine failed, leaving its propeller windmilling and the aircraft in a shallow descent. The flightcrew decided to diverted to Tainan Airport in Tainan City. Moments after receiving clearance for an emergency landing, however, the aircraft passed over a wooded area, belly-landed in a small clearing and skidded into a creek. The aircraft broke into three parts and caught fire, killing all on board.