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Civil Air Transport Flight 106
Civil Air Transport Flight 106 was a Curtiss C-46D Commando operated by the Taiwanese airline Civil Air Transport that on 20 June 1964 crashed near the village of Shenkang in western Taiwan, killing all 57 people aboard.
The accident.
Shortly after take-off from Taichung the No.1 engine failed and during the recovery the aircraft turned to the left impacting the ground leftwing low in a nose down attitude.
The aircraft.
The flight was being operated by a C-46D, regn. B-908,
, 1964 (Saturday).
- Civil Air Transport Flight 106, a Curtiss C-46-CU operated by the Taiwanese airline Civil Air Transport, crashed near the Fengyuan in western Taiwan, killing all 57 people aboard. Among the dead were 20 Americans, one Briton, and members of the Malaysian delegation to the 11th Film Festival in Asia, including businessman Loke Wan Tho and his wife Mavis. The plane had taken off from Taichung 10 minutes earlier and then exploded.
- U.S. Army Lt. General William C. Westmoreland took command