Boeing 737 incident near Taipei, Tw, July 22, 2010
On July 22, 2010 at about 9:37 am local time, a Boeing 737, registered B18612, suffered minor damage in an incident during enroute (climb to cruise) near Taipei (Taoyuan International airport). It was flown under non-U.S. commercial rules. No one was hurt; 96 people were on board or involved.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- July 22, 2010 · about 9:37 am local time
- Place
- Taipei, Taiwan · Taoyuan International
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 96 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737 800 · all 737s on the register
- Registration
- B18612 · no longer on the register
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
On July 22, 2010, at 0937 UTC, a China Airlines Boeing 737-800, registered in the People's Republic of China as B-18612, experienced a depressurization while enroute to Hiroshima, Japan. The event is being investigated by the Aviation Safety Council (ASC) of of Taiwan. The NTSB designated a U.S. Accredited Representative to the ASC investigation under the provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 13 as the state of manufacture of the airplane.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Pressure/environ sys malf/fail during enroute (climb to cruise)
The aircraft
- Landing gear: retractable
- Operator: China Airlines
The flight
- Departed from: TPE Hiroshima
- Destination: RJOA Hiroshima
- Flight plan: not recorded
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabi | 5 | |||
| Flight crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 89 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.