[BykrBayb]

The local fire department said that the 45 had no life signs after the twin-engine turboprop ATR 72 crashed just outside Magong airport around 7 p.m. The flight, coded GE 222, took off at 5 p.m. in Kaohsiung and was scheduled to land at Magong 35 minutes later.

The reason the crash happened over an hour later was not immediately clear. (By Elizabeth Hsu)

Huh? They took off at 5 PM, and crashed an hour later around 7 PM? Or do they mean around an hour after their scheduled arrival of 5:35 PM? How could a 35 minute flight take about two hours? Did they stop for donuts? Pass through a wormhole?

[C210N]

Had to make a stop in Bangor.

[Little Pig]

I think the “over an hour later” is in relation to the scheduled landing time: takeoff at 5pm, scheduled to land at 5:35pm, crashes at 7pm more than an hour after their scheduled landing time.

And if there was a typhoon in the area, as it seems there was, I can fully understand taking the extra time in hopes of getting a break in the weather to make the landing. That must have been a horrible flight, even without the crash. Flying in a Yahtzee dice cup for 2 damn hours. Gah.