China Airlines flight CI611 departed from Taoyuan's Chiang Kai-shek Airport at 3: 08 p.m. on May 25. At 3: 28 p.m. the plane disappeared while flying at an altitude of 35,000 feet at a location of ten nautical miles northwest of the Penghu island of Makung.
華航飛香港 CI611 編號 B-18255 波音 747-200 型客機，於五月二十五日下午三點八分從桃園中正機場起飛，三點二十八分於澎湖馬公西北方十海浬、高度三萬五千英尺處失去連絡。