On this day - 25 May
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
China Airlines Flight 611 crash
On May 25th 2002, a Boeing 747 flying from Taiwan to Hong Kong disintegrated in mid air and crashed into the Taiwan Strait. All the passengers and crew on board the flight died.
When this incident occurred and initially hit the worldwide media, it wasn't clear what the cause of the crash was. A later investigation into the cause of the crash found that the aircraft had been damaged 22 years prior and that the repairs required hadn't been carried out correctly or to standard. This led to metal fatigue.
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