Formosa Airlines Flight 7623
 B-12255, the aircraft involved | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 18 March 1998 |
| Summary | Electrical failure, pilot error |
| Site | 11 kilometers northwest from Hsinchu Airport, Taiwan |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Saab 340B |
| Operator | Formosa Airlines |
| Registration | B-12255 |
| Flight origin | Hsinchu Airport, Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| Destination | Kaohsiung International Airport, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| Occupants | 13 |
| Passengers | 8 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 13 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Formosa Airlines Flight 7623 was a domestic flight from Hsinchu to Kaohsiung. It crashed into the ocean shortly after take-off in a severe right bank.
Aircraft
B-12255 was a Saab 340B. It had it's first flight in 1993, and had since then accumulated 8,076 flight hours.[1]
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- ^ "Crash of a Saab 340 off Hsinchu: 13 Killed". www.baaa-acro.com. Retrieved 2022-03-26.