China Airlines MD-11 crashed

1999, August 22. A China Airlines MD-11 crashed while landing at Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok airport, during a rain storm with strong, gusting crosswinds. The right gear struck the runway very hard and then broke off, allowing the right engine and wing to strike the ground. The right wing then broke off and the plane flipped upside down. That is very similar to the type of damage incurred by the Fed Ex MD-11, when it crashed at Newark. Three of the 315 people on board Flight C1642 were killed. The rest owe their lives to the Hong Kong airport’s fire brigade that put out the fire before it engulfed those trapped in the wreckage. It took almost 3 hours to remove all the survivors.

Photo of the China Air crash at Hong Kong, courtesy of

Failure of the wings, in the area of the fuselage attach points, has called into question the structural integrity of the wing box structure of the MD-11 and is part of the focus of investigation in both accidents.

It was the same plane that was involved in the turbulence accident on Dec. 7, 1992, described above.

1999, October 17. A Fed Ex MD-11 touched down at Subic Bay, in the Philippines and then ran off the end of the runway and sunk in Subic Bay. The plane was a total loss, but the 2 pilots escaped with only minor injuries.

china airlines crash

A China Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet exploded into flames at Okinawa airport in Japan after arrving from Taiwan, but all 165 people (157 passengers and 8 crew members) could escape without being injured.

“After the plane landed, there were flames, and I heard explosions a few times then saw black smoke,” airport worker Hideaki Oyadomari told national broadcaster NHK. “We felt the hot air coming our way.”

Passenegers noticed flames around the engine on the left side after landing, while the plane taxied to the gate.
The cause of the fire, which reportedly began in one of the engines, was unknown. Japan’s National Police Agency said terrorism was not suspected. “The plane landed safely so we are still checking why there was a fire,” said Sun Hung-wen, spokesman of China Airlines.

Passengers could leave the aircraft using emergency slides before the leaking engine exploded and flames covered the whole aircraft. The pilot reportedly escaped from the cockpit using a rope. (This is the ususal emergency exit procdure for cocpkit crew – we will write a special post about it later)

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Founding Year:

1926 was the year that Varney's commercial air mail service began, which was a predecessor to United Airlines. In 1931 the name United Airlines was established.

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Year Founded:

Southwest Airlines was founded in 1971 in Dallas, Texas

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Year Founded:

Founded in 1930 as American Airways, American first flew routes from Dallas to Boston, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles.

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Dallas, Texas is headquarters to American Airlines, and its main hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), with other major hubs in Chicago and Miami.

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Founding Year:

In 1939, the predecessor of US Airways was established. All American Aviation Company served Ohio, and the name change to US Air came in 1979, with US Airways being the most recent name change in 1996. US Airways merged with America West in 2005.

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Founding Year:

Skywest was founded in 1972.

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