ATR 72 B-22816

4 February 2015 · Taipei, Taiwan · Fatal

Summary

On 4 February 2015 at about 10:55 local time, a ATR 72 registered B-22816 was involved in an accident near Taipei, Taiwan. 60 people were on board and 43 died, 14 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 4 February 2015 at 10:55
Classification: Accident
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: ATR 72
Registration: B-22816
Category: Airplane
Operator: Not recorded
Phase of flight: Not recorded
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
NTSB number: DCA15RA059

People

43 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
60	43	14	1	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record DCA15RA059, from the public aviation accident database.

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