Aviation accidents in Taiwan

The NTSB database holds 36 accidents and incidents in Taiwan, recorded between 1991 to 2025. 15 of them were fatal (42%), and 428 people died.

The deadliest year was 2002, with 206 deaths.

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 747, Boeing 737 and ATR 72.

34 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

428

Deaths

42%

Share fatal

1991 to 2025

Period

Show these on the map 2 of 36 have coordinates

By decade

1990s 8

2000s 8

2010s 18

2020s 2

Aircraft types involved

Boeing 747 10 Boeing 737 2 ATR 72 2 Bell 206 2 Kawasaki BK117 2 Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340 1

Operators involved

China Airlines 5 Sunrise Airlines 2 China Airlines Ltd 2 Emerald Pacific Airlines 1 National Airborne Service Corps. Taiwan 1 Daily Air Corp. 1

All 36 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
25 May 2002	Boeing 747-200	Makung Island, Taiwan no coordinates	China Airlines Ltd	Fatal	206
31 Oct 2000	Boeing 747-400 9V-SPK	Taipei, Taiwan no coordinates	Singapore Airlines Ltd	Fatal	83
23 Jul 2014	ATR 72-500 B-22810	Makung, Taiwan no coordinates	Transasia	Fatal	58
4 Feb 2015	ATR 72 B-22816	Taipei, Taiwan no coordinates	-	Fatal	43
18 Mar 1998	Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340 UNK	Taipai, Taiwan no coordinates	Formosa Airlines	Fatal	13
5 Feb 2018	Sikorsky UH-60M (S-70) NA706	Lanyu, Taiwan	National Airborne Service Corps. Taiwan	Fatal	6
10 Jun 2017	Bell 206 B-31118	Fengbin, Taiwan no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
16 Oct 2013	Kawasaki BK117-B2 Foreign	Tatacka, Taiwan no coordinates	Sunrise Airlines	Fatal	3
30 Aug 2012	Britten Norman BN2B B-68801	Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C., Taiwan no coordinates	ROC Aviation Company	Fatal	3
21 Apr 1999	Kawasaki BK-117B-1 B5550	Keelung, Taiwan no coordinates	Daily Air Corporation	Fatal	3
22 Nov 2015	Bell 206 B31127	New Taipei City, Taiwan no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
10 Jul 2009	Kawasaki BK117 B-77088	Kinmen, Taiwan	Sunrise Airlines	Fatal	2
28 Nov 1999	Hiller UH-12E B3100	Kaohslung, Taiwan no coordinates	Emerald Pacific Airlines	Fatal	1
24 Aug 1999	McDonnell Douglas MD-90 B7873	Hualien, Taiwan no coordinates	UNI Airlines	Fatal	1
11 Aug 1999	Cessna 152 N64813	Agana, Taiwan no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
13 Aug 2025	Boeing 747-8F N613UP	Taipei, Taiwan no coordinates	UPS	No injuries	-
18 Jun 2023	Boeing 787 9V-OJF	Taipei, Taiwan no coordinates	Scoot Airlines	No injuries	-
9 Mar 2019	Boeing 747 B-18211	Taiwan, Taiwan no coordinates	China Airlines	Unknown	-
13 Dec 2018	Boeing 747 B18717	Taipei, Taiwan no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
2 Jul 2018	McDonnell Douglas MD80 B28035	Songshan, Taipei, China, Taiwan no coordinates	Far Eastern Air Transport	Unknown	-
20 Sep 2014	Embraer ERJ190-UNDESIGNAT B-16821	Taiching, Taiwan no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
20 Jun 2012	Boeing 737 HL-7564	Taoyuan, Taiwan no coordinates	Jin Air	Unknown	-
16 May 2012	Boeing MD83 B28037	Taipei, Taiwan no coordinates	Far Eastern Transport	Unknown	-
25 Mar 2012	Boeing 747-400 B-16411	Taoyuan, Taiwan no coordinates	EVA Airways	No injuries	-
12 May 2011	Boeing MD-90 B-17917	Tao-Yuan, Taiwan no coordinates	UNI-Air	No injuries	-
2 Sep 2010	Boeing 747 B-16410	Taipei, Taiwan no coordinates	EVA Airways Corp	Unknown	-
22 Jul 2010	Boeing 737 B-18612	Taipei, Taiwan no coordinates	China Airlines	No injuries	-
4 Mar 2010	Boeing 747 B-18723	Taipai, Taiwan no coordinates	China Airlines Ltd	No injuries	-
5 Jun 2009	Boeing 767 JA-613J	Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan no coordinates	Japan Airlines International Co Ltd	No injuries	-
7 Nov 2005	Boeing 234 UNREG	Taitung, Taiwan no coordinates	Air Fire Brigade of Taiwan	Unknown	-
24 Aug 2004	McDonnell Douglas MD-82 B28021	Taipei, Taiwan no coordinates	Far Eastern Air Transport Corp	No injuries	-
20 Nov 2001	McDonnell Douglas MD-11 B-16101	Taipei, Taiwan no coordinates	EVA AIr	Unknown	-
8 May 2000	Bell 430 B5553	Chiu An, Taiwan no coordinates	Daily Air Corp.	Unknown	-
2 Sep 1999	Boeing 747SP UNK	Taipei, Taiwan no coordinates	China Airlines	No injuries	-
16 Feb 1998	Airbus A300B4-62R UNK	Taiwan no coordinates	China Airlines	Unknown	-
29 Dec 1991	Boeing 747-200F B198	Taipei, Taiwan no coordinates	China Airlines	Unknown	-