Vickers Viscount crash, Jul 31, 1975 (27 killed), Taipei-...

Vickers Viscount accident on July 31, 1975 near Taipei-Songshan Taipei City, Taiwan with 27 fatalities.

A Far Eastern Air Transport Viscount on a scheduled flight from Hualien was approaching Taipei Songshan in a thunderstorm when it was caught in a microburst downdraft. It crashed short of the runway threshold, killing 27 people, and the other occupants were injured.

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