TAIPEI: Taiwan aviation safety authorities looked to metal fatigue as the cause of the crash of China Airlines flight 611 last year that killed all 225 people on board, according to a factual data report released yesterday.
The Aviation Safety Council ruled out pilot error, external forces, weather and security as having caused the Boeing 747-200 to crash into the Taiwan Strait last May -- Taiwan's worst-ever air disaster.
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