RawBBQSauce Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 TransAsia Airways crashes in Taiwan, at least 40 dead Calum MacLeod and Doug Stanglin 10:33 a.m. EDT July 23, 2014 The Director of Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration Sheng Ching speaks to media at the Sungshan airport in Taipei on July 23, 2014, after the crash landing of Flight GE22.(Photo: Sam Yeh, AFP/Getty Images) Over 40 people are feared dead after a TransAsia Airways plane crashed Wednesday while making an emergency landing in bad weather in the Penghu Islands off the coast of Taiwan. Taiwan's CNA news agency, which initially put the death toll at 51, reports that the twin-engine turboprop ATR 72 crashed just outside Magong airport around 7 p.m.local time. Other reports put the death toll at around 45, with as many as nine people injured. Read more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Note to self: don't fly to the Pacific Rim anytime soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Tragic rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Sympathies & prayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Rough time for Asian based airlines - Asiana, Mayalsian Airlines, TransAsia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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