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Taiwan plane crash: Video footage shows TransAsia flight 235 banking sharply to the left before clipping bridge and crashing into river | Taiwan plane crash: Video footage shows TransAsia flight 235 banking sharply to the left before clipping bridge and crashing into river |
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Video footage has emerged of the moment a Taiwanese flight with 58 people aboard banked sharply to the left before clipping a bridge and crashing into a river. | Video footage has emerged of the moment a Taiwanese flight with 58 people aboard banked sharply to the left before clipping a bridge and crashing into a river. |
At least 12 people have been killed in the incident, which occurred shortly after takeoff from the island's capital of Taipei. | At least 12 people have been killed in the incident, which occurred shortly after takeoff from the island's capital of Taipei. |
Rescue crews at the site have said they feared many of the passengers and crew members of the TransAsia Airways flight remained trapped inside the aircraft. | |
Local television images show the ATR-72-600 prop-jet aircraft flying on its side, before one wing clips Taiwan's busy National Freeway No 1 just seconds before it crashed into the Keelung River. | |
The plane had taken off from Taipei's central Sungshan Airport on its way to the Taiwan-controlled Kinmen islands. | |
Civil aviation officials have said the flight took off at 10.53am local time, before losing contact with controllers two minutes later. | Civil aviation officials have said the flight took off at 10.53am local time, before losing contact with controllers two minutes later. |
As many as 31 passengers were from mainland China, Taiwan's TVBS news broadcaster said. | As many as 31 passengers were from mainland China, Taiwan's TVBS news broadcaster said. |
Taipei fire department official Wu Jun-Hong, who was co-ordinating the rescue, said the victims were among 27 people pulled from the plane. | Taipei fire department official Wu Jun-Hong, who was co-ordinating the rescue, said the victims were among 27 people pulled from the plane. |
He said the 31 people who remained unaccounted for were either still in the fuselage or had been pulled downriver. | He said the 31 people who remained unaccounted for were either still in the fuselage or had been pulled downriver. |
Additional reporting by PA | Additional reporting by PA |