China Airlines Flight 676

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**China Airlines Flight 676**
Summary
CG render of A300-600R, B-1814
Date	February 16, 1998
Type	Crash on approach
Site	Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Passengers	182
Crew	14
Injuries	0
Fatalities	202 (incl. 6 on ground)
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Airbus A300-600R
Operator	China Airlines
Tail number	B-1814
Flight origin	Ngurah Rai Airport
Destination	Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport

China Airlines Flight 676 (CAL676, CI676) crashed into a road and residential area near Taoyuan County's Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, Taiwan on the night of February 16, 1998.

The Airbus A300-622R jet, registered B-1814, was en route from Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Indonesia to Taipei. 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 down, pitched up by 40 degrees, rose 1,000 feet (300 m), stalled, and crashed into a residential neighborhood, bursting into flames. All 196 people on board were killed (including the president of Taiwan's central bank, Sheu Yuan-dong, his wife, Huang Mian-mei, and three central bank officials^[1]), 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.^[1]

The flight route designator for this route has since been changed to flight 688.