A TransAsia Airways flight from Kaohsiung to Penghu made an forced landing in Taiwan, according to TVBS [6], leaving 51 dead and 7 injured. The crash occurred on Makung, one of Taiwan's offshore islands.
- *TRANSASIA AIR FLIGHT GE 222 CRASHED NEAR MAKUNG, TWN: OFFICIAL
- *51 DEAD, 7 INJURED IN TRANSASIA CRASH IN TAIWAN: TVBS
- *TRANSASIA AIR CRASHED AROUND 19:20, INVESTIGATOR SAYS
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As you can see, the mangled wreckage of buildings and plane, after it tried emergency landing during Typhoon weather pic.twitter.com/oc0QO9Dghk [9]
— Danny Lee ??? (@JournoDannyAsia) July 23, 2014 [10]
Here is the TransAsia tailfin of ATR-72 of Taiwan plane crash with 51 feared dead, 7 injured. From Apple Daily TW pic.twitter.com/Gg3RqLTQOq [11]
— Danny Lee ??? (@JournoDannyAsia) July 23, 2014 [12]
The emergency landing occurred on Makung, one of Taiwan's offshore islands...
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No details are available on the cause of the emergency landing yet, but it appears weather was involved...
RT @anthonywx [14]: Unbelievably, this was the radar near the time of the crash of this plane in Taiwan. pic.twitter.com/tx0HAm7fsg [15]
— Danny Lee ??? (@JournoDannyAsia) July 23, 2014 [16]
BREAKING Reports say pilot of #TransAsia [17] #GE222 [18] was requesting a go-around from Magong Airport in heavy winds before the crash #Taiwan [19]
— AirLiveNet (@airlivenet) July 23, 2014 [20]
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On the positive side, at least it wasn't Malaysian Airlines but it does make us wonder as a Taiwanese flight crashes over South China sea... how long until Taiwan accuses China of shooting it down?
