China Airlines Flight 140

The Airbus A300-600R, registration B-1816, pitched upwards on final approach to Nagoya Airport in Japan, entered an aerodynamic stall at low altitude and struck the ground roughly 340 feet east-northeast of the runway centreline. Of the 271 people on board, 264 died.

Date

1994-04-26

Deaths (Wikipedia list)

264

What the pin marks

Nagoya Airport, where the aircraft crashed on approach, as the cited page positions it.

Where the position is published

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_140

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: aviation, japan, nagoya, airbus a300, approach

Coordinates: 35.24528, 136.93222

Part of Airliner accidents that killed 200 or more people since 1970

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