China Airlines Flight 2265

B-1870, the aircraft involved in the accident, spotted at Kai Tak Airport, in 1977
Accident
Date	16 February 1986
Summary	Controlled flight into water during go-around
Site	Pacific Ocean, 19 km (12 mi; 10 nmi) off Magong, Taiwan
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-281
Operator	China Airlines
Registration	B-1870
Flight origin	Taipei Songshan Airport, Taiwan
Destination	Penghu Airport, Taiwan
Passengers	46
Crew	7
Fatalities	53
Survivors	0

On 16 February 1986, a Boeing 737-281 operating a charter flight as China Airlines Flight 2265 went missing after executing a go-around after touching down at Penghu Airport, Taiwan. It was discovered several weeks later on the seabed, 19 kilometres (12 mi; 10 nmi) north of the island. All 46 passengers and 7 crew members were confirmed dead.

Aircraft

The aircraft was a 17-year-old Boeing 737-200 with the registration B-1870 which was acquired by China Airlines in 1976.^[1]

The aircraft was the same one involved in the China Airlines Flight 831 hijacking on 9 March 1978.

Sequence of events

The aircraft took off from Taipei on 16 February 1986 at 18:09 local time on a flight to Penghu Airport, Magong. When the aircraft touched down at 19:05 the crew felt a violent vibration at the front of the aircraft.^[2] The pilots executed a go-around. After the aircraft departed the vicinity of the airport it crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast near the city of Magong. All 53 occupants were killed on impact. Searchers did not find the wreckage of the aircraft until 10 March; it was located in 190 feet (58 m) of water, 12 miles (10 nmi; 19 km) north of the island.