Date: 22 August 1999
Airline: China Airlines
Flight No.: 642
Aircraft: MD-11
Location: Hong Kong, China
Fatalities: 3:315
Photographer: Jerry Yau
The aircraft crashed on landing
in Hong Kong during Typhoon Sam. Just before touchdown, while landing with
a 24-knot crosswind, the right wing struck the runway which caused the aircraft
to cartwheel and slide down the runway upside down.
