TransAsia Airways Flight 791 ATR72-200 freight aircraft accident
Category
Icing(ICE)
Type
Avions De Transport Regional/ATR72
Date
2002-12-21
Area
Outside Airport/MaKung/ocean
Description
At 01:52am local time, December 21, 2002, TransAsia Airways flight 791, an ATR72-200 freight aircraft with two pilots disappeared from radar screens near Pescadores (Penghu Islands) in the Taiwan Strait around 47 minutes after departing Chiang Kai-shek International Airport for Macao. The aircraft had accumulated 19,254 flight hours and 25,529 flight cycles. Floating debris of the aircraft were found on the same day and identified as part of the accident flight.
Stage
Download
Final Report
Interim Flight Safety Bulletin
