[1] The aircraft operating flight 104 was a Handley Page Dart Herald 201, MSN 157 and was registered B-2009.

It was then bought by Jersey Airlines, then British United Airways then BUIA.

Ten minutes after take-off, the captain told the Tainan Airport Tower that an engine failure had occurred.

Moments after receiving clearance for an emergency landing, however, the aircraft passed over a wooded area, belly-landed in a small clearing and skidded into a creek.

The crew failed to feather the propeller that was making high drag, leading it to lose control.