The plane , a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 ( registration , was operated Being_in_operation by subsidiary Mandarin Airlines on behalf of China Airlines .

On 2 September 1998 , the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 performing Hold this flight , registration HB-IWF , crashed Catastrophe into the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax International Airport at the entrance to St. Margarets Bay , Nova Scotia .

All 229 passengers and crew onboard the MD-11 were killed Killing , making Causation the crash the deadliest McDonnell Douglas MD-11 accident in aviation history .

All 229 passengers and crew onboard the MD-11 were killed Killing , making Causation the crash the deadliest McDonnell Douglas MD-11 accident in aviation history .