The direction and heading of the plane were normal, and the weather was clear, until Captain Hicks suddenly noticed the aircraft’s altitude had dropped too low.

Firefighters from Songshan Airport and the U.S. military personnel from Shu Lin Kou Air Station nearby assisted in the rescue.

Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration released the final report on 4 March.

International flights were taken over by China Airlines, and Civil Air Transport ceased operations in 1975.

Exactly 30 years after this accident, China Airlines Flight 676, a flight from Bali, Indonesia to Taipei, crashed in Dayuan Township, Taoyuan County, (now Dayuan District, Taoyuan City) killing 203 people (all 196 on board and seven more on the ground).