China Airlines Flight 2265

On 16 February 1986 a Boeing 737-200 operating 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 19km north of the island. All 6 passengers and 7 crew members were confirmed dead.

China Airlines Flight 2265
A Boeing 737-200 similar to the aircraft involved.
Accident
DateFebruary 16, 1986
SummaryControlled flight into water during go-around
SitePacific Ocean, 19km off Magong, Taiwan
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 737-200
OperatorChina Airlines
RegistrationB-1870
Flight originTaipei Songshan Airport, Taiwan
DestinationPenghu Airport, Taiwan
Passengers6
Crew7
Fatalities13
Injuries0
Survivors0

Aircraft

The aircraft was a 17 year old Boeing 737-200 with the registration B-1870.

Sequence of events

The aircraft took off from Taipei on 16 February 1986 at 18:09 local time on a scheduled domestic 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. 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 of water, 12 miles north of the island.

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