Flying is getting nastier in the
later days. This is my belief as planes continue to crash over and over again
especially in Asian continent. Another plane crash has struck Asia as a
TransAsia, ATR-72 turbo-prop plane crashed into the Keelung River just after it
took off from Taipei, Taiwan.
It is
the second TransAsia ATR-72 to crash in seven months, following an accident
last July which killed 48 people and injured 15.
The
final communication from the pilots to air traffic control was "Mayday,
mayday, engine flame out", according to a recording played on local media.
The recording was not immediately verified by aviation officials.
The ill-fated aircraft carried
58 persons; as at the press time, 15 survivors have been rescued while 12
remained missing. At least 31 is confirmed dead.
The fuselage of the aircraft
has been lifted from the river by crane and rescuers have broken into it where
more passengers were believed to be trapped in.
A video footage filmed from
passing cars when the plane was falling, hitting a taxi and clipping the bridge
before crashing; is available.
"I
saw a taxi, probably just metres ahead of me, being hit by one wing of the
plane," an eyewitness told local media.
"The
plane was huge and really close to me. I'm still trembling."
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