| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | April 26, 1994 |
| Time: | 2016 |
| Location: | Near Komaki, Aichi, Japan |
| Operator: | China Airlines (Taiwan) |
| Flight #: | 140 |
| Route: | Taipei - Nagoya |
| AC Type: | Airbus A300B4-622R |
| Registration: | B-1816 |
| cn / ln: | 580 |
| Aboard: | 271 (passengers:256 crew:15) |
| Fatalities: | 264 (passengers:249 crew:15) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | While on ILS approach to Nagoya Airport, at an altitude of 1,000 feet, the first officer inadvertently triggered the TOGA (take-off-go-around) lever. The crew tried to override this situation by turning off the autothrottle and reducing air speed. The aircraft stalled, hit the runway tail first and burst into flames. The plane crashed because of an extreme out of trim configuration brought about by the fact that the tailplane setting had moved automatically and undetected to a maximum nose-up position. The plane climbed at a steep angle until it stalled. The crew could have saved the aircraft even in the final seconds had they reverted to basic flight procedures and switched off the autopilot. |
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