Mandarin Airlines Flight 642 /

China Airlines Flight 642 was a flight that crashed at Hong Kong International Airport on 22 August 1999. It was a flight from Old Bangkok International Airport (now Don Mueang International Airport) in Bangkok to Taipei with a stopover in Hong Kong. The plane, which was landing during a typhoon, touched down hard, flipped over and caught fire. Of the people on board 312 survived and three were killed. At about 6:43 P.M. on 22 August 1999, B-150, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, was making its final approach to runway 25L when Typhoon Sam was 50 km NE of the airport. At an altitude of 700 feet prior to touchdown a further wind check was passed to the crew: 320 deg/28 knots gusting to 36 knots, while maximum crosswind component limit for the aircraft was 24 knots. The crew neglected this and continued the landing. During the final flare to land, the plane rolled to the right, landed hard on its right main gear and the No. 3 engine touched the runway. The right wing separated from the fuselage. The aircraft continued to roll over and skidded off the runway in flames. When it stopped, it was on its back and the rear of the plane was on fire, coming to rest on a grass area next to the