The latest air disaster in the Taiwan Straits of a China Airlines Boeing, following so closely the loss of two mainland Chinese planes in separate accidents, has revived concerns about aviation safety ...

Last Saturday’s horrific crash of Taiwan-owned China Airlines Flight 611 has once again raised questions about management decisions to cut costs at the expense of safety standards and ultimately of ...

Recreation of Flight 611 en route to Dubai, operated by a Boeing 738 VT-AYD, experiencing an unexpected failure during takeoff in the middle of the night. UK halts Chagos Island transfer after US ...

When a China Airlines 747-200 broke apart Saturday while cruising above 31,000 feet off the coast of Taiwan, investigators had few early clues as to what might have happened. It is very rare for a ...

The China Airlines Flight 611 accident may illustrate how an airplane can pass a heavy maintenance inspection yet be structurally unsound. The rear fuselage of the 23-year-old Boeing 747-200 came ...

Doubler Hides Crack Afactual report published last week focuses extensively on fatigue cracks on the fuselage of China Airlines Flight 611, a Boeing 747-200 that came apart at the top of climb on May ...