Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103
- Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103
Infobox Airliner accident
name = Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103
Date = 22 August 1981
Type = Mid-air decompression
Site = near Taipei
Fatalities = 110
Injuries = 0
Aircraft Type = Boeing 737
Operator = Far Eastern Air Transport
Tail Number = B-2603
Passengers = 104
Crew = 6
Survivors = 0
Far East Air Transport Flight 103 (callsign FAR EASTERN 103), a Boeing 737, had just departed Taipei Songshan Airport for Kaohsiung when the aircraft broke apart in mid-air 14 minutes after take-off.
Although the accident was thought to have been caused by an explosive device, an investigation by the Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Board concluded that severe corrosion led to a pressure hull rupture.
The aircraft had previously lost cabin pressure on 5 August and also when the crew had been returning it to Taipei for repairs earlier on the day of its fatal flight.
Eighteen Japanese, including Kuniko Mukōda, and two others foreigners, died on the flight. [" [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50714FD395F0C708EDDA10894D9484D81 AIRLINER THAT CRASHED IN TAIWAN, KILLING 110, HAD PRESSURE SNAGS] ." "The New York Times".]
References
* UK CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary (ICAO Summary 4/76)
External links
* [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810822-0 Aviation Safety Network]
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