TransAsia Airways plane crashes in typhoon-hit Taiwan, killing 47
TAIPEI
A TransAsia Airways turboprop plane crashed on its second attempt
at landing during a thunderstorm on an island off Taiwan
The plane,
a 70-seat ATR 72, crashed near the runway on the island
of Penghu
Eleven
injured people on the plane were taken to hospital, the government said.
The
aircraft took off from Taiwan 's
southern city of Kaohsiung , headed for the island of Makong ,
but crash-landed in Huxi township of Penghu
County, the main island of the chain also known as the Pescadores .
"It
was thunderstorm conditions during the crash," said Hsi Wen-guang, a spokesman for the Penghu
County Government Fire Bureau.
"From
the crash site we sent 11 people to hospital with injuries. A few empty
apartment buildings adjacent
to the runway caught fire, but no one was inside at the time and the fire was extinguished." About
100 firefighters were sent to the scene, as well as 152 military personnel and 255 police,
he added.
According
to an official at the Civil
Aeronautics Administration, air traffic control reported that the inclement weather at the
time of the crash did not exceed
international regulations for landing.
Visibility
was 1,600 meters and the cloud cover was as low as 600 meters, added the
official, who declined
to be identified.
Television
networks aired footage
of TransAsia's president, Chooi Yee-choong, bowing in apology.
"We express our deepest apologies to everyone for
this unfortunate event."
Typhoon
Matmo hit Taiwan China
TransAsia
Airways is a Taiwan-based airline with a fleet of around 23 Airbus and ATR aircraft,
operating chiefly short-haul
flights on domestic
routes as well as to mainland China , Japan , Thailand and Cambodia
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- A
TransAsia Airways turboprop plane
WHEN- Wednesday
WHAT- killing
47 people and setting buildings on fire
WHY- it
crashed on its second attempt at landing during a thunderstorm on an island off
Taiwan
WHERE- Penghu
HOW- not
given
Keywords：
1.
turboprop(n.)渦輪螺旋槳式飛機
2.
runway(n.)(機場的)跑道
3. township(n.)小鎮
4.
Pescadores (n.)澎湖群島
5.
spokesman (n.)發言人
6.
adjacent(adj.)毗連的，鄰接的
7.
extinguish(v.)熄滅
8.
personnel (n.)人員
9. Civil
Aeronautics Administration (n.)交通部民用航空局
10. inclement(adj.)天氣險惡的
11. exceed(v.)超過
12. decline (v.)下降；下跌
13. footage (n.)（以呎表示的）英尺長度
14. shut(v.)關閉
15. downgrade (v.)降低
16. fleet (adj.)快速的；敏捷的
17. short-haul (adj.)短程運輸的
18. domestic (adj.)國內的
It is pity to hear that a TransAsia Airways turboprop plane crashed on its second attempt at landing during a thunderstorm on an island off Taiwan. According to the air traffic control report, the reason of the accident is that the inclement weather at the time of the crash did not exceed international regulations for landing. I think they have to be more careful about the weather the next time, or there will be more people dead innocently.
回覆刪除It is the biggest air crashaviation accident in Taiwan this year. When TransAsia Airways turboprop plane crashed, many people came to rescue. But this accident still killed 47 people. Weather was a reason, so they should cancel the flight at that time. It is very sad to hear this tragedy.
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