China Airlines Flight 611

A Boeing 747-200 series airplane experienced an in-flight breakup over the Taiwan Strait. Floating wreckage was sighted in an area 23 nautical miles northeast of Makung, Penghu.

Date

2002-05-25

Deaths (Wikipedia list)

225

What the pin marks

The position the cited page gives in the Taiwan Strait near the Penghu Islands.

Where the position is published

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_611

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: aviation, taiwan, boeing 747, in-flight breakup

Coordinates: 23.98972, 119.67917

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

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