Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 was a flight from Taiwan Taipei Songshan Airport to Kaohsiung International Airport flight that crashed on 22 August 1981 , killing all 110 people on board . The Boeing 737-222 aircraft disintegrated in mid-air and crashed in Sanyi Township Miaoli County mountain Village double pit area . It is also called the Sanyi Air Disaster . The crash is the second-deadliest aviation accident on Taiwanese soil , behind China Airlines Flight 676
China Airlines Flight 676
China Airlines Flight 676
Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103