Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104
| Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104 | |
|---|---|
 a Janus Airways HPR-7 similar to the plane that crashed |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Crash after engine failure |
| place | near Tainan , Taiwan |
| date | February 24, 1969 |
| Fatalities | 36 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Handley Page HPR-7 Series 201 |
| operator | FEAT |
| Mark | B-2009 |
| Departure airport |
 Kaohsiung Airport
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| Destination airport |
Taipei Songshan Airport
|
| Passengers | 32 |
| crew | 4th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
On February 24, 1969, a Handley Page Herald had an accident on Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104 from Kaohsiung to Taipei .
course
About 10 minutes after take-off from Kaohsiung, engine no. 2 failed. The associated propeller, however, did not come into the sail position . When the engine failed, the HPR-7 began a slow descent. The pilots wanted to make an emergency landing at Tainan Airport . During the approach, however, there was a belly landing in a clearing after narrowly missing a forest. The machine slipped into a river bed, broke in three pieces and caught fire. All 36 occupants on board died.
See also
Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 , which operated the route in the opposite direction.
Web links
- Accident Details - planecrashinfo.com
- air transport - new grants - itb - 1969 - 0460 - Flight Archive
- 1969 Chronology of Aviation History
Individual evidence
- ^ Accident report HP Herald B-2009 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 7, 2020.