Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) reported that with 53 passengers along with 5 crew members (58 in total) aboard, a TransAsia flight crash landed in a river in Taipei.
TERRIFYING PHOTOS: Dashcam footage shows #TransAsia flight #GE235 ATR 72 as it impacted Keelung River @missxoxo168 pic.twitter.com/uerK3o5hhS
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 4, 2015
Reuters quoted that the ATR-72 turboprop, which was en route from Taipei’s Songshan Airport to the outlying island of Kinmen, crashed 3 minutes after take-off at 10:45 AM local time which resulted in at least 2 people being killed.
Almost 16 people were rescued according to the civil authorities quote to a media briefing. Among those on board, there were 31 mainland Chinese tourists – Taiwan tourism bureau.
Here’s a video of the crash shot in a car.
The news is sourced from CNBC.
