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On May 25, 2002, china Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board. The year's #1 song was "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback. Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karl Hein, Sadie Sink would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · May 25, 2002
China Airlines Flight 611 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan to Hong Kong International Airport that disintegrated midair and crashed into the Taiwan Strait, 23 nautical miles northeast of the Penghu Islands, 20 minutes after takeoff, killing all 225 people on board. The in-flight breakup was caused by metal fatigue cracks from a tail strike at Kai Tak Airport on 7 of February 1980 in which the aircraft was not properly repaired according to Boeing policies and manuals. Metal fatigue from over 22 years of service and repeated depressurizations caused tiny cracks that led to the aircraft's breakup.
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2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2002nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 2nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2000s decade.
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2002 aviation accident in the Taiwan Strait
China Airlines Flight 611 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan to Hong Kong International Airport that disintegrated midair and crashed into the Taiwan Strait, 23 nautical miles northeast of the Penghu Islands, 20 minutes after takeoff, killing all 225 people on board. The in-flight breakup was caused by metal fatigue cracks from a tail strike at Kai Tak Airport on 7 of February 1980 in which the aircraft was not properly repaired according to Boeing policies and manuals. Metal fatigue from over 22 years of service and repeated depressurizations caused tiny cracks that led to the aircraft's breakup.
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