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Amazing, this just barely missed crashing into the bridge and exploding, no fatalities as of yet.
This airline has a terrible safety record with 4 recent hull loses with fatalities in 3 of them.
Aviation Safety Network > ASN Aviation Safety Database > Operator index > Taiwan > TransAsia Airways
This airline has a terrible safety record with 4 recent hull loses with fatalities in 3 of them.
Aviation Safety Network > ASN Aviation Safety Database > Operator index > Taiwan > TransAsia Airways
A small TransAsia flight crashed into a Taipei harbor Wednesday, injuring "a number" of the estimated 53 passengers who are still reportedly awaiting rescue.
Flight GE 235 crashed shortly after takeoff, via the Straits Times:
The ATR-72 turboprop aircraft with 58 onboard was flying from Taipei to the offshore island of Kinmen when it crashed into the Keelung River after apparently ramming into a highway viaduct, Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) said. Taiwan's United Daily News said about 10 people have been sent to hospital, and more than 40 are still awaiting rescue.
The New Taipei City Fire Department has despatched five rescue teams, equipped with speed boats, to the accident site near the Nanyang Bridge in Xizhi district, CNA said.
Update—2/4 12:15 am:
Several news outlets are reporting fatalities—anywhere from two to eight or nine passengers were reportedly killed in the crash, while dozens of survivors were hospitalized, say Reuters, the BBC and the Straits Times.
The Guardian is reporting that the taxi driver whose car was clipped by the plane suffered a head injury and concussion but was hospitalized with stable vital signs.