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Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104 was a short-haul flight from Kaohsiung International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport, Taiwan, which was operated a Handley Page Dart Herald 201 that crashed on 24 February 1969 upon its approach for an emergency landing in Tainan Airport in Taiwan.[1]
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Accident | |
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Date | February 24, 1969 |
Summary | Engine failure |
Site | Near Tainan City, Taiwan |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Handley Page Dart Herald 201 |
Operator | Far Eastern Air Transport |
Registration | B-2009 |
Flight origin | Kaohsiung International Airport |
Destination | Taipei Songshan Airport |
Occupants | 36 |
Passengers | 32 |
Crew | 4 |
Fatalities | 36 |
Survivors | 0 |
The aircraft operating flight 104 was a Handley Page Dart Herald 201, MSN 157 and was registered B-2009. The aircraft was manufactured in 1963 at the Radlett Aerodrom in the UK with its registration G-APWI. It was then bought by Jersey Airlines, then British United Airways then BUIA. It was purchased by Far Eastern Air Transport.
On February 24, 1969, the B-2009 aircraft carried out the FE104 flight that ended the Spring Festival holiday and flew from Kaohsiung International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport. The flight took off at 12:03 pm, after a 13-minute delay from 11:50 am. Ten minutes after take-off, the captain told the Tainan Airport Tower that an engine failure had occurred. The aircraft's port-side engine had failed, leaving its propeller windmilling and the aircraft in a shallow descent. The flight crew decided to divert 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.[1]
The right engine had been severely damaged, likely during takeoff, causing the aircraft to quickly lose altitude.[2]
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