Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103
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Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 was a flight from Taiwan Taipei Songshan Airport to Kaohsiung International Airport that crashed on 22 August 1981, killing all 110 people on board. The Boeing 737-222 aircraft disintegrated in midair and crashed in the township of Sanyi, Miaoli. It is also called the Sanyi Air Disaster. The crash is the third-deadliest aviation accident on the Taiwanese soil, behind China Airlines Flight 676 and China Airlines Flight 611.[1]
Not to be confused with Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104.
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Accident | |
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Date | 22 August 1981 (1981-08-22) |
Summary | Metal fatigue cracking and severe corrosion, leading to explosive decompression and in-flight break-up |
Site | Near Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-222 |
Operator | Far Eastern Air Transport |
IATA flight No. | FE103 |
ICAO flight No. | FEA103 |
Call sign | FAR EASTERN 103 |
Registration | B-2603 |
Flight origin | Taipei Songshan Airport |
Destination | Kaohsiung International Airport |
Occupants | 110 |
Passengers | 102 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 110 (109 initially) |
Survivors | 0 (1 initially) |
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