xtemujin 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) 45 feared dead, 9 injured in Penghu plane crash By Elizabeth Hsu | 23 July 2014 Wednesday | 20:52:11 Taipei, July 23 (CNA) As many as 45 people are feared dead and nine people are injured after a passenger plane operated by TransAsia Airways crashed on the outlying island county of Penghu Wednesday.The local fire department said that the 45 had no life signs after the twin-engine turboprop ATR 72 crashed just outside Magong airport around 7 p.m.The flight, coded GE 222, took off at 5 p.m. in Kaohsiung and was scheduled to land at Magong 35 minutes later. The reason the crash happened over an hour later was not immediately clear.(By Elizabeth Hsu)ENDITEM/WH http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201407230032.aspx Edited July 23, 2014 by xtemujin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johan Z 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2014 Link is broken It crashed into residential buildings while attempting to make an emergency landing. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/transasia-plane-crashes-taiwan-killing-51-1457992 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenneth Chong WT 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2014 This is not a good year for aviation is it? I took AE Embraer 190 to Magong and B7's DH8-300 back to TSA...a very beautiful place. Thoughts are prayers to those onboard...so sad... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suzanne Goh 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2014 Sad. There's a typhoon running amuck there now and that must surely have played a role. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V Wong 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2014 So tragic and sad, yet again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xtemujin 0 Report post Posted July 24, 2014 Generally not a good year for aviation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted July 24, 2014 Sad. There's a typhoon running amuck there now and that must surely have played a role. RIP to all those who perished in yet another 2014 aviation disaster. Sad year! Yesterday, I returned from NGO and my flight clearly avoided the typhoon system by flying well east of Taiwan. We flew south, then over the Philippines and only turned west near BKI. Even though we avoided the violent weather system, we still encountered turbulence for most of the flight. The ATR probably encountered a micro burst that sent it to the ground. So sad to see news of air crashes.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BC Tam 2 Report post Posted July 24, 2014 Yesterday, I returned from NGO and my flight clearly avoided the typhoon system by flying well east of Taiwan. We flew south, then over the Philippines and only turned west near BKI. Even though we avoided the violent weather system, we still encountered turbulence for most of the flight. And we on ground here nearby BKI were hammered morning and evening though we are supposed to be the land below the wind Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted July 24, 2014 Aircraft: ATR 72-500 (212A) Construction Number (MSN) 642 First Flight 14. Jun 2000 Age 14.1 Years Test registration F-WWED Photo Credit:FocusTaiwan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cire 0 Report post Posted July 27, 2014 Pretty lucky to have survivors in this incidence. The plane looked quite smashed up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Izanee 0 Report post Posted July 27, 2014 Horrible year for aviation Share this post Link to post Share on other sites