SS 737-200 by AirJMCAviation

Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 was a flight from Taiwan Taipei Songshan Airport to Kaohsiung International Airport that crashed on 22 August 1981, killing all 110 people on board. The Boeing 737-222 aircraft disintegrated in midair and crashed in the township of Sanyi, Miaoli. It is also called the Sanyi Air Disaster. The crash is the third-deadliest aviation accident on the Taiwanese soil, behind China Airlines Flight 676 and China Airlines Flight 611.[1]

Accident

Date: 22 August 1981

Cause: Metal fatigue cracking and severe corrosion, leading to explosive decompression and in-flight break-up

Site: Near Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Aircraft

Aircraft type: Boeing 737-222

Operator: Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT)

IATA flight No: FE103

ICAO flight No: FEA103

Registration: B-2603

Flight origin: Taipei Songshan Airport

Destination: Kaohsiung International Airport

Occupants: 110

Passengers: 102

Crew: 8

Fatalities: 110 (109 initially)

Survivors: 0 (1 initially)