China Airlines Flight 605
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China Airlines Flight 605 (callsign "Dynasty 605") was a daily non-stop flight departing from Taipei at 6:30 a.m. and arriving at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong at 7:00 a.m. local time. On November 4, 1993, the plane went off the runway and overran while landing during a storm.[1] It was the first hull loss of a Boeing 747-400.[2][3]
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Accident | |
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Date | 4 November 1993 (1993-11-04) |
Summary | Runway overrun due to unstable approach caused by pilot error |
Site | Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, China 22.3183°N 114.1976°E / 22.3183; 114.1976 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 747-409 |
Operator | China Airlines |
IATA flight No. | CI605 |
ICAO flight No. | CAL605 |
Call sign | DYNASTY 605 |
Registration | B-165 |
Flight origin | Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, Taipei, Taiwan |
Destination | Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, China |
Occupants | 396 |
Passengers | 374 |
Crew | 22 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 23 |
Survivors | 396 |
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