It was discovered several weeks later on the seabed, 19 kilometres (12 mi; 10 nmi) north of the island.

[1] The aircraft was the same one involved in the China Airlines Flight 831 hijacking on 9 March 1978.

[2] The aircraft took off from Taipei on 16 February 1986 at 18:09 local time on a flight to Penghu Airport, Magong.

After the aircraft departed the vicinity of the airport, it crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast near the city of Magong.

Searchers did not find the wreckage of the aircraft until 10 March; it was located in 190 feet (58 m) of water, 12 miles (10 nmi; 19 km) north of the island.