China Airlines

Certificate type not established

Data confidence: Records are linked by certificate number, aircraft registration, or a name match that a reviewer has confirmed. Each record below shows how it was linked.

Also recorded as: CHINA AIRLINES LTD, China Airlines

Accident & enforcement record

Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.

NTSB accidents & incidents

Incident · 2025-06-12 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 737 (NOTREPORTED) None injury NUSC

Operated by China Airlines (per NTSB report)

Not yet finalized — may be revised.
Source: NTSB case DCA25WA236
Incident · 2019-03-09 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 747 (NB18211) None injury NUSC

Operated by China Airlines (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA19WA114
Incident · 2018-06-21 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 747 (NB18711) None injury NUSC

Operated by CHINA AIRLINES LTD (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case OPS18IA015
Incident · 2013-10-10 Operator named in NTSB report
AIRBUS A330 - 302 (NB18358) None injury

Operated by China Airlines (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case ENG14WA002
Incident · 2013-05-19 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 747 (NB18701) None injury Part 129

Operated by China Airlines Ltd. (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case ENG13IA027
Incident · 2013-02-25 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 747 (NB18701) None injury Part 129

Operated by China Airlines (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case ENG13IA016
Incident · 2010-07-22 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 737 (NB18612) None injury NUSC

Operated by China Airlines (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA10WA086
Accident · 2010-03-04 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 747 (NB18723) None injury Part 129

Operated by CHINA AIRLINES LTD (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA10WA036
Accident · 2008-10-02 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 747 (NB18202) Serious injury NUSC

Operated by China Airlines (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA09WA003

FAA enforcement actions

CIVIL PENALTY · 2007-02-09 Name match — reviewer confirmed
HAZ MAT

Sanction: $180,000 · case closed 2008-02-04

Source: FAA case 2007NM700048
CIVIL PENALTY · 2004-06-24 Name match — reviewer confirmed
HAZ MATFOREIGN AIR CAR

Sanction: $15,000 · case closed 2007-06-21

Source: FAA case 2004WP700509
ORD ASSESS CP FA ACT · 1999-10-10 Name match — reviewer confirmed
SECURITYFOREIGN AIR CAR

Sanction: $4,000 · case closed 2001-05-03

Source: FAA case 2000EA710009
ORD ASSESS CP · 1998-09-23 Name match — reviewer confirmed
SECURITYFOREIGN AIR CAR

Sanction: $7,500 · case closed 2000-10-16

Source: FAA case 1998WP760148
PENALTY · 1998-02-11 Name match — reviewer confirmed
HAZ MATFOREIGN AIR CAR

Sanction: $20,000 · case closed 1999-03-24

Source: FAA case 1998EA740067
PENALTY · 1998-01-21 Name match — reviewer confirmed
HAZ MATFOREIGN AIR CAR

Sanction: $12,500 · case closed 1999-03-24

Source: FAA case 1998EA740053
PENALTY · 1997-12-30 Name match — reviewer confirmed
HAZ MATFOREIGN AIR CAR

Sanction: $7,500 · case closed 1999-03-24

Source: FAA case 1998EA740054

Maintenance disclosure history

No maintenance difficulty reports on file. Note: SDR filing is largely voluntary, so absence is not evidence of a clean maintenance history.

Linked aircraft

N-numberMake / modelYearStatusLink basis
NB18202——Operator named in NTSB report
NB18211——Operator named in NTSB report
NB18358——Operator named in NTSB report
NB18612——Operator named in NTSB report
NB18701——Operator named in NTSB report
NB18711——Operator named in NTSB report
NB18723——Operator named in NTSB report
NOTREPORTED——Operator named in NTSB report