Crash of China Airlines Flight 140

Date: April 26, 1994 • Location: Komaki, Japan

Just before landing at Nagoya Airport, Japan, the copilot of China Airlines Flight 140 inadvertently triggered the takeoff/go-around switch, causing the aircraft to crash and killing 264 of the 271 people on board.

Nagoya Airfield , also known as Komaki Airport or Nagoya Airport, is an airport within the local government areas of Toyoyama, Komaki, Kasugai and Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture of the Chuubu region in Japan. Prior to 2005, the location operated as an international airport, when the newly-built Chūbu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname claimed the operations. The airfield now serves as a secondary airport and offers limited domestic service.