Boeing 737-200 crash, Aug 22, 1981 (110 killed), Sanyi
Boeing 737-200 accident on August 22, 1981 near Sanyi, Miaoli County, Taiwan with 110 fatalities. Cause: Extensive corrosion and fatigue cracking in...
- Date: August 22, 1981
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: Sanyi, Miaoli County, Taiwan
- Fatalities: 110
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Extensive corrosion and fatigue cracking in the lower fuselage, worsened by about 33,313 pressurization cycles, led to explosive decompression, loss of control and in-flight disintegration.
Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103, a scheduled Taipei Songshan to Kaohsiung service, broke up in mid-air over Sanyi, Miaoli County, on 22 August 1981. All 110 people on board were killed, including the Japanese writer Kuniko Mukoda.