Taiwan: China Airlines 611 crash near the Penghu islands in 2002

July 22, 2009

China Airlines 611 crash near the Penghu islands in 2002 - Air Crash Investigation episode

Yesterday I had stumbled upon quite fresh, and recently aired - in march 2009 Air Crash Investigations episode.
I remember that case widely covered in a TV, because the aircraft just came apart in several parts in midair - that was really a total mystery when it happened.

Those bloggers who may read this maybe remembers also the media coverage in Taiwan - I was not here yet at that time - but it seems that first versions were about China's missiles, considering that they had some military activities that day in Taiwan straight.
Moreover - we all here (I suppose) are frequent fliers for the Honkong - Taipei route, so I was thinking that this case is somewhat even more interesting to us.
Interestingly enough as well is to mention, that once I arrived here, my wife, and also most of the friends here, all of them avoided China Airlines, even if it was cheaper - Cathay Pacific or Dragonair were a choice, and this is how I got a Marco Polo card as well.
That time, everyone was blaming CA as "noo, they lost my bag, and they did that and they did this" - and so on.
But I was really surprised to know, based on this episode, that at that time CA had one of the most bad safety records in world - as the film says - 1 major accident in 4 years! That's pretty much, isnt't it?

Here is the episode iteself:

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Flight 611 no longer exists. Shortly after the accident, China Airlines changed the flight number to 619, which now serves the Taipei-Hong Kong route along with existing flights 601, 603, 605, 607, 609, 613, 615, 617, and 803. That's what is said in this Wikipedia summary.

Jul 22, 2009 2:31:28 PM | Travel