225 : On May 25 , 2002 , a Boeing 747-209B , China Airlines Flight 611 , bound for Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong , disintegrated in mid-air and crashed into the Taiwan Strait 20 minutes after takeoff from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport ( now Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport ) in Taiwan . It was determined that the crash , which killed all 206 passengers and 19 crewmembers aboard the plane , was caused by improper repairs to the aircraft 22 years earlier when the aircraft encountered a tailstrike
China Airlines Flight 611
China Airlines Flight 611
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