Report: Plane Crashes in Taiwan, Killing 51 People

ABC News ^ | Jul 23, 2014

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Taiwan's Central News Agency says a plane has crashed in a failed emergency landing, killing 51 people.

The news agency cited the head of the fire department in the Taiwanese county of Penghu as saying that seven people were also injured in the crash.

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[miele man]

Thanks for posting this. Any idea of where the flight originated? Passenger nationalities? Probably too soon to know very much.

[TomGuy]

At least 40 people have been killed, after a TransAsia plane made an emergency landing in Taiwan’s Penghu county, the Xinhua News ‏agency reports. A Taiwanese news agency reports that more than 51 people have been killed in the crash.

According to the commercial aircraft news portal Air Life Net as cited by AP, the aircraft was an ATR-72 belonging to TransAsia airways. Seven people were reportedly injured in the crash, which happened during an emergency landing.

source: RT.com: TransAsia plane crash lands in Taiwan, dozens reported killed

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TransAsia A319 during emergency landing at Penguu County (sp?)

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From Twitter:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATR_72

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Via Twitter: radar from Taiwan Central Weather Bureau- notice the heavy band over Penghu Island. Winds gusting 60kph at that time

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Tweet from The Straights Times:

Reports said pilot was having problems landing the plane in Penghu due to typhoon

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More info (AP)

Plane crashes in bad weather in Taiwan, killing 51

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ATR 72

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Did Putin shoot it down? Any chaff? /sarc

[dforest]

I was waiting for that!;)

[VanDeKoik]

Where I live, the sound of jets powering-down before landing is a normal part of the background noise, but goodness knows I brace myself because I always fear those things falling out of the sky and landing on my house.

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I guess you can’t shake off lingering unease completely, however long you are used to live with the noise.

[Tainan]

from todays China Post: 46 feared dead in Penghu plane crash
"The plane was carrying 54 passengers and four airline crew. Twelve people were sent to the hospital almost immediately after the crash, with one arriving without vital signs. Transportation Minister Yeh Kuang-shih (葉匡時) confirmed yesterday that there were 46 “missing” and feared dead and 12 injured, but these were still being revived in the hospital as of press time. The injured had crawled out of the crashed plane on their own, said the minister.

The plane, flight GE-222, is an ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliner, and was in service for 14 years at the time of the crash. It was flown by pilot Lee Yi-liang (李義良) and copilot Jiang Guan-hsing (江冠興), with over 23,000 and 22,000 hours under their belts, respectively. Lee, 60, worked well with Jiang, who was around 38, said the CAA. ...excert


Emergency teams and Penghu police clear debris from the crash site of TransAsia Airways (復興航空) flight GE-222 in Makong, yesterday. The passenger plane crashed into residential buildings while making an emergency landing in Taiwan's Penghu Islands yesterday, killing scores of people. (CNA)

TransAsia Airways President Chooi Yee-choong (徐以聰) bows in front of the press at the Taipei Songshan Airport, yesterday. Chooi apologized to the injured passengers and the families of the deceased in the crash of TransAsia Airways flight GE-222. (CNA)