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China Airlines Flight 2265

1986 aviation accident

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China Airlines Flight 2265

A China Airlines Boeing 737, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date	16 February 1986
Summary	Controlled flight into water during go-around for unknown reasons
Site	Pacific Ocean, 19 km (12 mi; 10 nmi) off Magong, Taiwan
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-281
Operator	China Airlines
Registration	B-1870
Flight origin	Taipei Songshan Airport, Taiwan
Destination	Penghu Airport, Taiwan
Occupants	13
Passengers	6
Crew	7
Fatalities	13
Survivors	0

On 16 February 1986, a Boeing 737-281 operating a charter flight as China Airlines Flight 2265 went missing after executing a go-around after touching down at Penghu Airport, Taiwan. It was discovered several weeks later on the seabed, 19 kilometres (12 mi; 10 nmi) north of the island. All 6 passengers and 7 crew members were confirmed dead.

Aircraft[edit]

The aircraft was a 17-year-old Boeing 737-200, registered B-1870.^[1] The aircraft was the same one involved in the China Airlines Flight 831 hijacking on 9 March 1978.^{[citation needed]}

Sequence of events[edit]

The aircraft took off from Taipei on 16 February 1986 at 18:09 local time on a flight to Penghu Airport, Magong. When the aircraft touched down at 19:05 the crew felt a violent vibration at the front of the aircraft.^[1] The pilots executed a go-around. After the aircraft departed the vicinity of the airport it crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast near the city of Magong. All 13 occupants were killed on impact. Searchers did not find the wreckage of the aircraft until 10 March; it was located in 190 feet (58 m) of water, 12 miles (10 nmi; 19 km) north of the island.

See also[edit]

• One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269
• Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363
• Flydubai Flight 981

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