Date: 26 April 1994
Airline: China Airlines
Flight No.: 140
Aircraft: Airbus A300B4-622R
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Fatalities: 264:271
Photographer: Unknown
The aircraft crashed on approach
after the First Officer inadvertantly hit the "TOGA" button, which put the
computers into a go-around mode. The crew tried to push the nose down, but
the computers raised the nose to a level at which the aircraft stalled and
went out of control. Crew error.
