Four passengers on board a plane that crash landed in a 1999 typhoon are suing China Airlines.
In High Court writs filed yesterday, Cheng Chun-mo, his son, Cheng Ming-yui, daughter Cheng Ming-wai and Chan Chor-mei are seeking unspecified damages for 'personal injury, loss and damage arising out of the negligent operation of Flight CI642'.
On August 22, 1999, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 bound for Taipei from Bangkok crashed at Chek Lap Kok Airport while landing during Typhoon Sam.
Three people died and 214 were injured when the jet, which had been in service since 1993, somersaulted tail over nose and burst into flames.
One hundred of the 315 passengers and crew on board hung upside down in their seats for more than two hours waiting to be rescued.
During the crash passengers were hit by luggage sent flying through the smoke-filled cabin. Witnesses said that the plane's right wing clipped the runway before it was ripped from the fuselage.