Posted on 02/03/2015 8:36:06 PM PST by machogirl
A plane belonging to Taiwanese carrier TransAsia Airways has crash-landed in a river in Taipei. More than 50 people were onboard at the time, and a number of people were reportedly injured. Some reports said there were several people trapped inside the plane in need of rescue. Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) showed a picture of a plane almost submerged in the Keelung river. The ATR-72 had just taken off from Taipei Songshan Airport and was headed to Kinmen Airport on the outskirts of Taiwan, just off the coast of south-east China, CNA said. The cause of the latest incident was not immediately clear. But CNA quoted a government spokesman as saying the plane crashed after hitting an elevated bridge. Local channel ETTV showed footage of the plane banking and hitting a road bridge before crashing into the river. Local media reported that several people had been rescued so far and sent to a nearby hospital. In July last year 48 people died when a TransAsia Airways plane crashed amid stormy weather in Taiwan's Penghu archipelago.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/04/taiwan-plane-crash-lands-in-river
Pictures and video at above link
Good Lord!
Damn
Doesn’t look good with that tipped wing. First report said “ditched” in the River. When I think of “ditched”, I think of Sully and the Hudson landing.
Doesn’t look good for survivors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MMzCwzXMQY
Not to mention all the bits and pieces that seem to be flying in the air (I assume, after the impact).
Yep. Link says 12 survivors with at least 10 trapped in plane. Twitter rumors that Govt. Officials on plane. I have not seen that officially.
58 on board. Mayday call. Engine out. Wing clipped a taxi. Flight GE235. Flightaware data, it’s a flight from Taipei to Kinmen.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/TNA235
Flightaware just took off flight data for Feb. 4th on this plane.
Live feed. Not good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8GmxMGCDh4
I that a problematic plane?
The dash cam footage is frightening. I’m assuming this was on take off? Taipei Songshan Airport.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fWhYJNZt08
Looks like B-24 high wing lift. My uncle flew B 17s, didn’t like 24s.
Looks terrifying and almost as if it was going to hit the buildings.
It is known to have problems with icing conditions...not an issue in Taiwan tho..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Eagle_Flight_4184
The Taiwan police have a hovercraft...
Doesn’t look very good. Lying on it’s back, looks like the front half got crushed.
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