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Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.

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Formosa Airlines Flight 7601

1997 aviation accident

Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 was an aviation accident that killed 16 people on 10 August 1997 in Beigan, Matsu Islands, Fujian, Republic of China.
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Beigan Airport

Airport on Beigan Island, Fukien Province, Taiwan

Matsu Beigan Airport is one of the airports in Matsu Islands, Lienchiang County, Fukien Province, Taiwan. It also serves as a heliport and located on Beigan Island. It is served by Uni Air ATR 72-600 (立榮航空) with scheduled flights to Taipei Songshan Airport.
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Matsu Islands

Offshore archipelago governed by Taiwan

The Matsu Islands are an archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the East China Sea governed by the Republic of China (Taiwan), situated alongside the southeastern coast of mainland China. The archipelago forms Lienchiang County, the smallest county in the ROC-controlled…
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Taiwan

Country in East Asia

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the…
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August 10

Day of the year

August 10 is the 222nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 143 days remain until the end of the year.
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