2024 Kinmen Chinese motorboat capsizing incident
The Chinese motorboat seen from the Coast Guard carrier | |
| Date | February 14, 2024 |
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| Location | 0.5 nmi east of Beiding Island, Kinmen, Fuchien Province, ROC |
| Cause | Collision between a motorboat from Quanzhou, PRC and a Taiwanese Coast Guard vessel inside the restricted waters of Kinmen |
| Participants | Republic of China |
| Deaths | 2 |
The 2024 Kinmen Chinese motorboat capsizing incident, also called the 2/14 Kinmen Incident, took place on 14 February 2024, when a boat of the 9th Brigade of the Taiwanese Coast Guard Administration (CGA) collided with a Chinese motorboat in the waters of Kinmen, Fuchien Province, Taiwan (ROC). All four crew members of the Chinese motorboat were thrown into the water, two of whom later died.