Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104

Far Eastern Transport Flight 104
	Investigators at the wreckage of B-2009.
Accident
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

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]

Aircraft

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.

Accident

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]

Cause

The right engine had been severely damaged, likely during takeoff, causing the aircraft to quickly lose altitude.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Accident Handley Page HPR-7 Herald 201 B-2009, Monday 24 February 1969". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
^ www.planecrashinfo.com https://www.planecrashinfo.com/1969/1969-10.htm. Retrieved 5 August 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Taiwan (Republic of China) post-1949
1960s	Civil Air Transport Flight 106 (June 1964) Civil Air Transport Flight 10 (February 1968) Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104 (February 1969)
1970s	China Airlines Flight 206 (August 1970) China Airlines Flight 825 (November 1971) Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 134 (July 1975)
1980s	Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 (August 1981) China Airlines Flight 2265 (February 1986) China Airlines Flight 204 (October 1989)
1990s	China Airlines Flight 358 (December 1991) TransAsia Airways Flight 510A (January 1995) Formosa Airlines Flight 7613 (April 1996) Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 (August 1997) China Airlines Flight 676 (February 1998) Formosa Airlines Flight 7623 (March 1998) Uni Air Flight 873 (August 1999)
2000s	Singapore Airlines Flight 006 (October 2000) China Airlines Flight 611 (May 2002) TransAsia Airways Flight 791 (December 2002)
2010s	TransAsia Airways Flight 222 (July 2014) TransAsia Airways Flight 235 (February 2015)
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