Le 16 février 1998, le vol China Airlines 676, un vol international régulier assuré par un Airbus A300-600 de la compagnie China Airlines, au départ de l'aéroport international Ngurah Rai, en Indonésie, et à destination de l'aéroport international Tchang Kaï-chek, à Taïwan, décroche et s'écrase sur une route et une zone résidentielle lors de l'atterrissage à Taipei, tuant les 196 passagers et membres d'équipage présents à bord, dont Sheu Yuan-Dong, président de la Banque Centrale de Taïwan, ainsi que 6 personnes au sol.
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China Airlines Flight 676 was a scheduled international passenger flight. On 16 February 1998, the Airbus A300B4-622R jet airliner operating the flight crashed into a road and residential area in Tayuan, Taoyuan County, near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, Taiwan.
The Airbus A300 was en route from Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Indonesia, to Taipei, Taiwan. The weather was inclement, with rain and fog, when the aircraft approached Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, so the pilot executed a missed approach. After the jet was cleared to land at runway 05L, the autopilot was disengaged, and the pilots then attempted a manual go-around. The jet slowed, pitched up by 40°, rose 1,000 feet, stalled, and crashed into a residential neighbourhood, bursting into flames. All 196 people on board were killed, along with six people on the ground. Hsu Lu, the manager of the Voice of Taipei radio station, said that one boy was pulled alive from the wreckage and later died.
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Airport Terminal 1 is a station on the Taoyuan Airport MRT located in Dayuan, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The station is located under Terminal 1 of Taoyuan International Airport and opened for commercial service on 2 March 2017.
This underground station has one island platform and two tracks. Both Express and Commuter trains stop at this station. The station is 171.4 metres long and 17.3 metres wide. It opened for trial service on 2 February 2017, and for commercial service 2 March 2017.
Station construction was overseen by the Bureau of High Speed Rail.
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Airport Terminal 2 is a station on the Taoyuan Airport MRT located in Dayuan, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The station is located directly under Terminal 2 of Taoyuan International Airport and opened for commercial service on 2 March 2017.
This underground station has two side platforms and two tracks. Both the limited-stop Express services and all-stop Commuter services call at this station, with the station serving as the western terminus for regularly scheduled limited-stop Express services. The station is 228.0 metres long and 16.3 metres wide. It opened for trial service on 2 February 2017, and for commercial service 2 March 2017.
Station construction was overseen by the Bureau of High Speed Rail. Space was reserved during construction of Taoyuan International Airport Terminal 2 for a medium-capacity rubber-tired system.
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Taoyuan Aerotropolis is a large urban planning development at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
The 4,500 hectare development, centered around the existing airport, will include a districts for transportation, logistics, industry, and residential development, and has been called "one of Taiwan’s largest national infrastructure projects ever." The Aerotropolis is expected to create 200,000-300,000 new jobs, generate annual revenues of NT$2.3 trillion, and accommodate 4.5 million tons of container cargo a year.
The development may require the acquisition of up to 3,200 hectares of land and the relocation of over 40,000 people.
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Singapore Airlines Flight 006 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chiang Kai-shek International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan. On 31 October 2000, at 23:18 Taipei local time, the Boeing 747-400 operating the flight attempted to take off from the wrong runway at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport during a typhoon. The aircraft crashed into construction equipment on the runway, killing 83 of the 179 people aboard. Ninety-eight occupants initially survived the accident, but two passengers died later from injuries in the hospital. This was the first fatal crash involving a Boeing 747-400, and also the first fatal accident in the history of Singapore Airlines.
Il s'agit, à l'époque, de l'accident aérien le plus meurtrier de l'histoire taïwanaise, jusqu'à ce qu'il soit dépassé quatre ans plus tard par celui du vol China Airlines 611.