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TransAsia crash: Twelve dead as plane crashes into Taiwan river | |
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At least 12 people have died after a TransAsia Airways plane clipped a bridge and crashed into a river near the Taiwanese capital, Taipei. | |
Fifty-eight people were onboard the domestic flight, and a number of people were reportedly injured. | Fifty-eight 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. | Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) broadcast footage of the plane almost submerged in the Keelung river. |
Rescue teams are alongside the plane trying to rescue several people still trapped inside. | |
The ATR-72 turbo-prop plane had just taken off from Taipei Songshan Airport and was heading to the outlying Kinmen islands, just off the coast of the south-eastern Chinese city of Xiamen, CNA said. | |
Flight controllers lost contact with the plane at 10:55 local time (02:55 GMT). | Flight controllers lost contact with the plane at 10:55 local time (02:55 GMT). |
Footage of the plane apparently filmed from inside passing cars showed it banking sharply, hitting a taxi and clipping the bridge before crashing into the river. | Footage of the plane apparently filmed from inside passing cars showed it banking sharply, hitting a taxi and clipping the bridge before crashing into the river. |
TransAsia Airways | TransAsia Airways |
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, including a small boy. | |
Taipei officials said 16 people suffered injuries. Thirty people are still unaccounted for. | |
Out of the 58 people on board 53 are believed to be passengers and five are crew. Thirty-one of the passengers are tourists from mainland China. | Out of the 58 people on board 53 are believed to be passengers and five are crew. Thirty-one of the passengers are tourists from mainland China. |
The BBC's Cindy Sui in Taipei says the Chinese tourists could have been on their way home as many people come to Taiwan through Kinmen island. | The BBC's Cindy Sui in Taipei says the Chinese tourists could have been on their way home as many people come to Taiwan through Kinmen island. |
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. |