Over 50 Feared Dead As Passenger Plane Crashes in Taiwan

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Over 50 were killed after a plane crash landed in Taiwan, according to Taiwanese media reports. Seven people were reportedly injured in the crash.  According to Taiwan’s Civil aeronautics Administration Shen Chi, 51 people are dead and seven people injured. While the local fire chief put death toll at 45.



The flight took off from Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport in Taiwan at about 5 p.m. local time and was flying to Penghu’s Magong Airport, according to the South China Morning Post.  The TransAsia flight with 58 people aboard caught fire after it landed "at the end of a runway" on one of Taiwan’s Penghu islands, according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency. Local media is also reporting that the plane crashed into at least two houses.

Hundreds of rescuers have been dispatched to the scene.

Reports said pilot was having problems landing the plane in Penghu due to typhoon. http://t.co/RyoOFDyZ4K pic.twitter.com/2fofl5BsdL
— The Straits Times (@STcom) July 23, 2014

#TransAsia Airways plane crash: Total causalities unknown yet; Taiwanese officials will give 2nd press conf late pic.twitter.com/8V5KdqkkP1
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) July 23, 2014

Photo shows nearby of the airport in Taiwan’s Penghu County where a TransAsia Airways plane caught fire; 51 died pic.twitter.com/nvZWKQuMGY
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) July 23, 2014

Here is the TransAsia tailfin of ATR-72 of Taiwan plane crash with 51 feared dead, 7 injured. From Apple Daily TW pic.twitter.com/Gg3RqLTQOq
— Danny Lee 李嘉洪 (@JournoDannyAsia) July 23, 2014

As you can see, the mangled wreckage of buildings and plane, after it tried emergency landing during Typhoon weather pic.twitter.com/oc0QO9Dghk
— Danny Lee 李嘉洪 (@JournoDannyAsia) July 23, 2014