9 killed as plane crashes into river
At least nine people were killed after a plane with 58 passengers and crew on board crash-landed in a Taipei river. |||
Taipei – At least nine people were killed and dozens were unaccounted for after a Taiwanese TransAsia Airways plane with 58 passengers and crew on board crash-landed in a Taipei river on Wednesday, officials and domestic media said. Dramatic pictures taken by a motorist and posted on Twitter showed the planed cartwheeling over a motorway close to the airport soon after the turboprop ATR 72-600 aircraft took off. Television footage showed passengers …read more
Source: Independent Online
