Plane crashes while landing in Taiwan, killing 47 By RALPH JENNINGSAssociated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – A plane attempting to land in stormy weather crashed on a small Taiwanese island late Wednesday, killing 47 people and wrecking houses and cars on the ground. The ATR-72 operated by Taiwans TransAsia Airways was carrying 58 passengers and crew when it crashed on Penghu in the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China, authorities said. The plane was arriving from the city of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan. Two people aboard the plane were French citizens and the rest Taiwanese, Transport Minister Yeh Kuang-shih told reporters. The twin-engine turboprop crashed while making a second landing attempt, Yeh said. The crash of flight GE222 was Taiwans first fatal air accident in 12 years and came after Typhoon Matmo passed across the island, causing heavy rains that continued into Wednesday night. Some 200 airline flights had been canceled earlier in the day due to rain and strong winds. The official death toll was 47, according to Wen Chia-hung, spokesman for the Penghu disaster response center. He said the 11 other people were injured. Authorities were looking for one person who might have been in a house that was struck by wreckage, Wen said. A car [...] geogianews/plane-crashes-while-landing-in-taiwan-killing-47/
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 20:30:34 +0000
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