truemate Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 (Reuters) - A TransAsia Airways (6702.TW) plane with 58 passengers and crew on board careered into a river shortly after taking off from a downtown Taipei airport on Wednesday, killing 23 people and leaving 20 missing, officials said.Fifteen people survived the crash after the plane lurched between buildings, clipped a taxi and an overpass with its port-side wing and crashed upside down in the shallow water.Dramatic pictures taken by a motorist and posted on Twitter showed the plane careening over the motorway soon after the turboprop ATR 72-600 aircraft took off in apparently clear weather on a domestic flight for the island of Kinmen."I've never seen anything like this," a volunteer rescuer surnamed Chen said of the most recent in a series of disasters to hit Asian carriers in the past 12 months.Television footage showed survivors wearing life jackets wading and swimming clear of wreckage. Others, including a young child, were taken to shore in inflatable boats.Emergency rescue officials crowded around the partially submerged fuselage of flight GE235, lying on its side in the river, trying to help those on board.The plane missed apartment buildings by metres, though it was not clear if that was luck or whether the pilot was aiming for the river. Footage showed a van skidding to a halt on the damaged overpass after barely missing the plane's wing, with small pieces of the aircraft scattered along the road.The chief executive of TransAsia, Peter Chen, bowed deeply at a televised news conference as he apologised to passengers and crew. TransAsia's shares closed down 6.9 percent in heavy trade, its biggest percentage decline since late 2011.Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said his government had offered Taiwan any help necessary following the crash.http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/04/us-taiwan-airplane-idUSKBN0L808520150204check the video of crashhttp://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bc9_1423054095 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsaneAl Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I saw it on the news a couple of hours ago - horrfying...No wonder I like driving so much, although that seems to be a dangerous thing lately according to that video... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Seemed to turn on its side really fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefa Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 R.I.P to all the deceased :pope: And i hope they find the missing people unharmed..Far to many crashes lately.. :think: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXentios Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jime234 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 :(R.I.P. :beg:and Seriously Far too many crashes.. happening for a while now..God ! enough with them crashes already :notworthy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 the pilot clearly wasn't friking around. see how the plane misses the buildings and the highway almost flawlessly. sure, people died, but it could have been a lot worse... it might be underwater, belly up, but at least it's not scattered in a 10km. radius ...and survivors!i callat a success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugurano Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 r.i.p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jime234 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 https://in.news.yahoo.com/pilots-body-found-still-clutching-joystick-crashed-taiwan-013720492--finance.html Pilot's body found still clutching controls of crashed Taiwan planeR.I.P. -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.