What happened
During ground operations at Lanyu Airport, a mid-runway collision occurred between two separate aircraft. A twin-engine airplane was taxiing along the runway when it struck a Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 Islander, operating as Taiwan Airlines with registration B-11107, which was in the process of departing from runway 13/31.
The impact occurred while the Islander was in its takeoff phase. Following the collision, both aircraft remained on the runway surface. The incident resulted in a total of 16 injuries across the occupants of both planes, though no fatalities were reported.
Findings
Official investigations concluded that the primary factor in the accident was that the crew of the twin-engine aircraft entered the active runway without receiving proper authorization while the Islander was already performing its takeoff roll.