At the time the accident took place Process_start , it was the deadliest aviation accident in Cuba 's history ; , it remains Presence the third-deadliest one , behind the crashes Catastrophe of Cubana Flight Motion 9646 in 1989 and Cubana Flight Motion 972 in 2018 , respectively .

All 230 people on board died Death in the crash , it is the third-deadliest aviation accident in U.S. history .

As of 2019 , the accident is the third-deadliest on Taiwanese soil .

The collision is the only fatal Killing crash involving Participation high-speed rail ( HSR ) in China , and is the third-deadliest HSR accident in history , after the 1998 Eschede train disaster in Germany and 2013 Santiago de Compostela rail disaster in Spain .