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.
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No, I didn’t. I’ll have to look at that, thanks. This would be awful if some could have been saved. It doesn’t look good for the remaining 30. 12 already gone. :(
It is THE major city in Taiwan, which is not a very big country. Everything centers in that city.
About 23.32 MILLION live in Taiwan as of 2013
More than 10% of them live in Tapei, not even counting the ‘burbs
Slow mo of video. Blur from the right prop moving. Left prop, no blur. Stationary
https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/B8-tK-UIIAA0voZ.mp4
Wow, I didn’t know that Taiwan had that many.
Taiwan news had been airing for several minutes, a review of the “Miracle on the Hudson” showing CCTV footage of the landing on the Hudson plus interviews.
Looks like they are trying to cut open the bottom (?) of the plane above the waterline
bump
Thank you for the link. I just saw the tragedy in NY with the train. Tragedy after tragedy.
looks like a big part was taken off
I’m not really seeing a lot of urgency in that body language, no sign of anyone else alive in there?
I guess it’s “recovery now”. Some info about the pilots.
Three pilots were onboard the TransAsia Airways ATR 72-600 that crashed into the Keelung river shortly after take-off from Taipei Songshan airport on 4 February.
Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration’s director general Lin Tyh-Ming disclosed the information at a press conference in Taipei.
The pilot flying had accumulated 4,914 flight hours and his co-pilot, 6,922 flight hours, says Lin. There was also a third pilot in the jump seat with over 16,000 flight hours of experience.
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/three-pilots-onboard-crashed-transasia-atr-72-408669/
Nope :(
Most likely mechanical problem
They are talking about the NYC thing again
I wish I understood Mandarin. I never got around to taking that. Was going to 15 years ago.
Time to lay down. Good night all. Sad evening.
Low wing stall
Killed my best bud in 82
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