Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104

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Far Eastern Transport Flight 104
A Handley Page Dart Herald similar to the aircraft which crashed.
Occurrence
Date24 February 1969
SummaryEngine failure
Sitenear Tainan City, Taiwan
Aircraft
Aircraft typeHandley Page Dart Herald
OperatorFar Eastern Air Transport
RegistrationB-2009
Flight originKaohsiung International Airport
DestinationTaipei Songshan Airport
Passengers32
Crew4
Fatalities36 (all)
Survivors0

On 24 February 1969, Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104, a short-haul flight from Kaohsiung International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport, Taiwan using a Handley Page Dart Herald aircraft crashed on approach for an emergency landing in Tainan Airport in Taiwan. The flight, with 32 passengers and 4 crew on board. Ten minutes after take-off, the aircraft's port-side engine failed, leaving its propeller windmilling and the aircraft in a shallow descent. The flightcrew decided to diverted 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.

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