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jumpseat, though Dew later let him perform the landing. Taipei's approach control cleared Flight 10 for an ILS approach and then transferred the flight to the tower control. The direction and heading of the plane were normal and the weather was clear. When Captain Hicks suddenly noticed that the aircraft's altitude had dropped too low, he pushed the throttles in an attempt to perform a go-around. As the plane touched ground, the cockpit voice recorder recorded him screaming: "Go to hell!" The aircraft then crashed into houses and burst into flames.
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On the evening of 16 February 1968, B-1018 was flying from Hong Kong to Taipei Songshan Airport under the command of captain Stuart E. Dew, an unnamed first officer, and an unnamed flight engineer. Captain Hugh Hicks, the director of the airline's flight operations, was initially in the cockpit
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Since the air traffic control radar at the time did not track the altitude of the aircraft, it was impossible to understand why Flight 10 suddenly dropped in altitude. It was only after the crash of
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on 29 December 1972, in Miami, USA, that the Federal Aviation Administration began to introduce improved radar systems that displayed a flight's altitude.
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with registration B-1018 and named "Super Cuihua." On 16 February 1968, the aircraft crashed into a Hunan village in Linkou Township,
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released the final report on 4 March. It concluded that the cause of the accident was due to pilot error, stating that:
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Firefighters and the United States military assisted to the rescue.
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Pilots who landed at Songshan reported that the ILS was working;
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to Taipei, crashed in Dayuan Township, Taoyuan County, (now
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Hunan Village, Taipei County, Linkou Township (now Hunan,
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Controlled flight into terrain
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Linkou District
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Kai Tak Airport

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