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TransAsia crash: Two dead as plane crashes into Taipei river | |
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At least two people have died after a Taiwanese TransAsia Airways plane clipped a bridge and crashed into a river near the capital, Taipei. | |
More than 50 people were onboard the domestic flight, and a number of people were reportedly injured. | More than 50 people were onboard the domestic flight, and a number of people were reportedly injured. |
Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) broadcast footage of the plane almost submerged in the Keelung river. | |
Rescue teams are alongside the plane amid reports there are people still trapped inside. | |
The ATR-72 had just taken off from Taipei Songshan Airport and was headed to the outlying Kinmen islands, just off the coast of south-east China, CNA said. | |
CNA quoted a government spokesman as saying the plane crashed after hitting an elevated bridge. | CNA quoted a government spokesman as saying the plane crashed after hitting an elevated bridge. |
Footage of the plane apparently filmed from inside passing cars showed it banking sharply and clipping the bridge before crashing into the river. | |
Taiwan's aviation authority later said at least two people had been killed. | |
Television images showed rescuers standing on large sections of broken wreckage trying to pull passengers out of the plane with ropes. | Television images showed rescuers standing on large sections of broken wreckage trying to pull passengers out of the plane with ropes. |
Those that were rescued were helped into dinghies and taken to shore. | Those that were rescued were helped into dinghies and taken to shore. |
In July last year 48 people died when a TransAsia Airways plane crashed amid stormy weather in Taiwan's Penghu archipelago. | In July last year 48 people died when a TransAsia Airways plane crashed amid stormy weather in Taiwan's Penghu archipelago. |