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TransAsia GE235 crash: Pictures show taxi driver hit by aircraft walking away from vehicle | TransAsia GE235 crash: Pictures show taxi driver hit by aircraft walking away from vehicle |
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Incredible pictures have surfaced showing the moment a taxi driver whose vehicle was clipped by the TransAsia flight stumbled from his vehicle to the side of the road. | Incredible pictures have surfaced showing the moment a taxi driver whose vehicle was clipped by the TransAsia flight stumbled from his vehicle to the side of the road. |
The driver has been described as “the luckiest man alive” after walking away from the incident. | The driver has been described as “the luckiest man alive” after walking away from the incident. |
Pictures show his windscreen shattered and the side of his car crushed by the impact of the aircraft. | Pictures show his windscreen shattered and the side of his car crushed by the impact of the aircraft. |
The manager of the driver's taxi company told The Guardian he has been taken to hospital with a head injury, where he remains in a stable condition. | |
An astonishing video taken by a car dashcam also appears to show the driver checking the contents of his trunk after being hit. The video has not been independently verified. | |
Hong Kong's Apple Daily say they spoke to a doctor who treated him after he was hospitalised. "I fainted the moment it hit us," the driver from Crown Taxis reportedly said, according to the doctor. | Hong Kong's Apple Daily say they spoke to a doctor who treated him after he was hospitalised. "I fainted the moment it hit us," the driver from Crown Taxis reportedly said, according to the doctor. |
A total of 58 people were on board the domestic flight GE235, with at least 15 people killed and dozens injured. | A total of 58 people were on board the domestic flight GE235, with at least 15 people killed and dozens injured. |
The moment the plane hit the taxi Thirty one passengers were from mainland China, according to Taiwan's TVBS news broadcaster. A toddler is among the survivors. | The moment the plane hit the taxi Thirty one passengers were from mainland China, according to Taiwan's TVBS news broadcaster. A toddler is among the survivors. |
The last communication from one of the TransAsia flight 235’s pilots was "Mayday Mayday engine flameout", according to an air traffic control recording on liveatc.net | The last communication from one of the TransAsia flight 235’s pilots was "Mayday Mayday engine flameout", according to an air traffic control recording on liveatc.net |
Another car's dashcam recorded the moment the plane banked sharply and crashed into the nearby Keelung river. The astonishing footage has been broadcast on state media. | Another car's dashcam recorded the moment the plane banked sharply and crashed into the nearby Keelung river. The astonishing footage has been broadcast on state media. |