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TransAsia crash: Twelve dead as plane crashes into Taiwan river TransAsia crash: Taiwan plane in deadly river crash
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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 of Taipei. A plane carrying mostly Chinese tourists has crashed into a river in Taiwan, killing at least 16 people.
Fifty-eight people were onboard the domestic flight. The fuselage is now half-submerged in the Keelung River and lying on its side. Dramatic video footage emerged showing the TransAsia Airways plane clipping a bridge as it came down shortly after take-off from a Taipei airport.
Rescuers on boats have cut it open to gain access to people trapped inside. The plane, carrying 58 people, has broken up and the fuselage is lying half-submerged in the Keelung River. Rescue efforts are ongoing.
Officials say 16 people have suffered injuries, with some taken to hospital. Thirty people remain unaccounted for. Another TransAsia plane crashed in bad weather last July, killing 48 people.
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. Rescuers on boats have cut the plane open to gain access to several people still trapped inside.
The ATR-72 turbo-prop plane had just taken off from Taipei Songshan Airport and was heading to the Kinmen islands, just off the coast of the south-eastern Chinese city of Xiamen.
Reports suggested that the final communication from one of the pilots had been "Mayday, mayday, engine flame out" and that the plane had stalled as a result of the engine failure.
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 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 filmed from inside passing cars showed it banking sharply, hitting a taxi and clipping the bridge before crashing into the river.
"I saw a taxi, probably just metres ahead of me, being hit by one wing of the plane," an eyewitness told local media.
"The plane was huge and really close to me. I'm still trembling."
Reports on the number of dead varied, with TransAsia Airways stating on Facebook that at least 16 people lost their lives. Several people suffered injuries and many were still unaccounted for.
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Television images showed rescuers standing on large sections of broken wreckage trying to pull passengers out of the plane with ropes. TV footage 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. Those that were rescued were helped into dinghies and taken to shore.
Some were then placed on stretchers and taken to hospital. But officials said some passengers were still trapped inside the wreckage which appeared to be upside down and broken into many parts in the river. Some were then placed on stretchers and taken to hospital.
"We're asking the public works department for heavy cranes to be deployed, in the hopes that the body of the plane can be lifted up," said Wu Jun-Hong, assistant director of Taipei's fire department. But officials said some passengers were still trapped inside the wreckage, which appeared to be upside down.
"We're asking the public works department for heavy cranes to be deployed in the hope that the body of the plane can be lifted up," said Wu Jun-Hong, assistant director of Taipei's fire department.
"At the moment, we think a lot of the trapped people are in the head of the plane.""At the moment, we think a lot of the trapped people are in the head of the plane."
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 plane was carrying five crew and 53 passengers, including 31 tourists from the south-eastern Chinese city of Xiamen.
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.
The chief executive of TransAsia, Chen Xinde, offered a "deep apology" to passengers and crew on board in a televised news conference, Reuters news agency reported. TransAsia chief Chen Xinde offered a "deep apology" in a televised news conference, but said his planes had been "under thorough scrutiny" since mid-2014.
"Both our planes and our flight safety system are following strict regulations, so we also want to know what caused the new plane model to crash, but I don't want to speculate," he said.
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