[1] The aircraft involved was a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III built in March 1962, first delivered to Swissair registered as HB-ICT.

The aircraft was involved in a separate accident as Swissair Flight 142, on 25 April 1962, where it experienced problems with its nose landing gear enroute from Geneva, Switzerland to Paris, France.

Due to unsatisfactory maintenance and a lack of fuel, the flight was diverted by air traffic control (ATC) to Zurich Airport.

The aircraft then departed Taipei as China Airlines Flight 825 at 21:02 local time and was expected to arrive at Kai Tak Airport at 22:50.

[5] The Taiwan Garrison Command investigated the crash, which concluded that the in-flight break up was the result of a terrorist bomb explosion.