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China Airlines Flight 206

1970 disasters in Taiwan1970 in TaiwanAccidents and incidents involving the NAMC YS-11Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrainAirliner accidents and incidents involving fog
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China Airlines Flight 206 was a flight operated by a China Airlines NAMC YS-11, registration B-156, that crashed on approach to Taipei Songshan Airport on 12 August 1970. While preparing to land, the aircraft entered thick fog and a severe thunderstorm. Whilst on final approach the plane crashed into a bamboo grove near the top of Yuan Mountain, killing 14 of the 31 people aboard.

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China Airlines Flight 206
劍潭山親山步道, Taipei Zhongshan District

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劍潭山親山步道

劍潭山親山步道
11142 Taipei, Zhongshan District
Taiwan
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