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Airport, resulting in the Dornier running into a ditch. Each flight had 17 passengers on board, all of
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623:(a Dornier 228, registered B-12256) hit treetops and a water tower following an aborted landing attempt in a heavy rainstorm. All persons on board (two pilots and fourteen passengers) died when the airplane crashed 1 kilometer off Matsu Beigan Airport and erupted into fire.
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Dornier 228 (registered B-12238) died when the aircraft crashed into the sea during a landing attempt at Orchid Island in heavy
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Formosa Airlines Dornier 228 (registered B-12298) was damaged beyond repair when its undercarriage collided with an airport fence in a landing attempt at
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Formosa Airlines aircraft (the company had been renamed by then) occurred on 14 August 1990. A cargo-configured
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