CNA & AP
February 4, 2015, 1:08 pm TWN
A TransAsia commercial aircraft carrying 53 passengers and five crew members crashed into the Keelung River in northern Taipei 10 minutes after taking off from the downtown Songshan Airport at 10:52 a.m. en route to the Kinmen Islands.
Twenty-nine people have been rescued from the French-made twin-engine turboprop ATR 72, but 12 of them showed no signs of life when they arrived at the hospital or died as they were being treated.
The other passengers either remain trapped in the plane's fuselage half-submerged in the shallow water or may have floated away, according to cable TV news reports.
Among the passengers on board were two children and 31 Chinese tourists from Xiamen.
As the pilot appeared to try to control the plane as it was descending toward the ground, the aircraft's wings grazed the Huandong Blvd. overpass close to the Nangang Software Park, slicing off the front end of a taxi in its path.
The taxi driver and a female passenger were injured but were in stable condition after being rushed to the hospital.
The ill-fated plane was a newer version of the TransAsia Airways ATR-72 aircraft that crashed after an aborted landing in outlying Penghu County in July 2014, leaving 49 people dead. Stormy weather and low visibility were suspected as factors in that crash.
The other passengers either remain trapped in the plane's fuselage half-submerged in the shallow water or may have floated away, according to cable TV news reports.
Among the passengers on board were two children and 31 Chinese tourists from Xiamen.
As the pilot appeared to try to control the plane as it was descending toward the ground, the aircraft's wings grazed the Huandong Blvd. overpass close to the Nangang Software Park, slicing off the front end of a taxi in its path.
The taxi driver and a female passenger were injured but were in stable condition after being rushed to the hospital.
The ill-fated plane was a newer version of the TransAsia Airways ATR-72 aircraft that crashed after an aborted landing in outlying Penghu County in July 2014, leaving 49 people dead. Stormy weather and low visibility were suspected as factors in that crash.
The CAA said the plane was less than a year old and completed its latest safety checks on Jan. 26. The agency did not offer any information on what may have caused the crash.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2015/02/04/428185/TransAsia-airplane.htm
Structure of the Lead :
Who -- A TransAsia commercial aircraft carrying 53 passengers and five crew members
What --crashed into the Keelung River in northern Taipei
When --10 minutes after taking off from the downtown Songshan Airport at 10:52 a.m.
Where --Keelung River
Why --not given
How --not given
Keywords :
- turboprop 渦輪螺旋槳發動機
- fuselage 機身
- half-submerged 一半在水中的；淹沒的
- aborted 中途失敗的
- outlying 遠離中心的；邊遠的
I'm sad to hear the air crash again.I hope that the agency can find more information on what may have caused the crash and prevent the tragedies happen again.
回覆刪除I am sorry to hear this bad news. Recently, there have been so many air accidents. And I hope such a terrible event would not happen again. Although the plane was out of control, the pilot still wanted to control to save the people on the airplane. And I think this was worth praising. By the way, the reason why the airplane couldn't be controlled should be investigated. To sum up, we should confirm that if the weather and visibility are appropriate to take off. Thus, we can stop some crash from occurring again.
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