Thursday, February 12, 2015

Taiwan TransAsia plane crashes into river


Image of plane crashing over bridge in Taiwan (4 Jan 2015 - image by @Missxoxo168)

Taiwan TransAsia passenger plane that carries mostly Chinese tourists had been crashed into bridge and then into Taipei's Keelung river. The plane crash happened shortly after it departure from Taipei Songshan airport. The plane was heading toward Kinmen island, south-eastern Chinese city of Xiamen and there was 58 people and out of 58, 31 people were killed. There were 15 survivors while 12 people are missing.

The rescue team and emergency team were doing their best to save people but some passengers were trapped in the front section of the fuselage and 60 divers went underwater to find any missing bodies or missing people. So the main reason for the plane crash seems to be the sudden engine stop. The pilot's final communication was "Mayday, mayday, engine flame out". This accident happened on 4 Feburary, 2015, on Wednesday.


A close up of the upside down plane reveals the damage of the impact and rescue operation 

Map showing the location of the crash site

  • There are some videos on the Youtube channels: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msZWc67KYp0
  • Reference: 
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-31125052
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31126123

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