A TransAsia airways plane carrying 58 persons (53 passengers & five crew) crashed into a shallow river today February 4th in Taiwan, killing at least 12 people.
According to reports 16 people have been rescued alive and about 30 are still missing. However, the crash which was caught on the dashcam of a car driving through the bride, shows the plane clipping a bridge shortly after take-off this morning from Taipei's Sungshan Airport and crashing into the Keelung river.
Meanwhile, rescue workers are currently at the scene and have been able to pull people alive from the wreckage. As the Taiwanese Central Disaster Response Centre issued the statement about the crash...It reads
The plane lost contact at 10.53am on and was found in Keelung river in Taipei. The ministry of transportation contacted the disaster response centre 20 minutes later.
Confirmed on the flight are 53 passengers and five crew members, totalling 58 people. Taipei city rescue teams are in operation, having rescued 16 people who were admitted to a nearby hospital, with two announced dead on arrival.
Several fire engines, ambulances, water craft and almost 170 rescue staff have been dispatched.
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