04feb2015: ATR 72 plunges into Taiwan river, rescue ongoing.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwrKzkRUlaw


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MMzCwzXMQY

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... ng-408667/

Amateur footage has emerged on social media that appears to show the last moments of a TransAsia ATR72-600 before it plunged into the Keelung River after taking off from Taipei Songshan airport.

The footage, apparently from the dashboard camera of a vehicle, shows the ATR entering the frame with its left wing nearly perpendicular to the highway. The aircraft then plunges out of the frame.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/f ... s-in-river

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=173563

Owner/operator: Transasia Airways
Registration: B-22816
C/n / msn: 1141
Fatalities: Fatalities: / Occupants: 58

Airplane damage: Substantial
Location: Keelung River near Taipei - Taiwan
Phase: Take off

A Transasia ATR-72-600 operating as Flight GE-235 from Taipei to Kinmen Island impacted a highway viaduct and the waters of the Keelung River near New Taipei City shortly after takeoff. The airplane lies inverted in the river.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/business-31125052

Taiwan plane crash toll reaches 48

At least 12 people have died after a TransAsia Airways plane clipped a bridge and crashed into a river near the Taiwanese capital, Taipei.

Fifty-eight people were onboard the domestic flight. The plane is now half-submerged in the Keelung River.

Rescuers have cut open the side of the fuselage and are trying to rescue several people still trapped inside.

Taipei officials said 16 people suffered injuries. Thirty people are still unaccounted for.

Cindy Sui reports: ''Many of the people on board are still inside the aircraft''

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE31iWhg9e8

Good grief That yellow taxi minivan driver won the lottery...