Breaking news: New plane crash - Taiwan New agency

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TAIWANESE NEWS AGENCY: PLANE CRASHES IN EMERGENCY LANDING, KILLING 51 PEOPLE, INJURING 7

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More than 50 people have been killed after a TransAsia Airways plane made an emergency landing in Taiwan’s Penghu county, a Taiwanese news agency reports.

TransAsia Airways' GE222 flight was en-route from from Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport to Penghu’s Magong Airport when it made an emergency landing in Taiwan.

Taiwanese transportation authorities said the plane was forced to make an emergency landing at a village in Pengu County at 5:35 pm.

The plane caught fire “at the end of the runway” and the seven people injured were sent to a local hospital with burn injuries, Taiwan's Central News Agency reports.

 

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Photo shows nearby of the airport in Taiwan’s Penghu County where a TransAsia Airways plane caught fire; 51 died.

 

[deanXX]

plane walata me awurudda hoda naha wage.

 

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plane walata me awurudda hoda naha wage.

Kohomada Ben Gurion wala ekakata wadunoth..

 

[deanXX]

Kohomada Ben Gurion wala ekakata wadunoth..

 

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Aircraft was an ATR-72 belonging to TransAsia airways.

 

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adenawa waradilawath me aurudde plane ekaka yanna hoda naha !

 

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TransAsia Airways crashes in Taiwan, 51 dead

 

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adenawa waradilawath me aurudde plane ekaka yanna hoda naha !

වෙලව ආවම කෙහෙල් ලෙල්ලට ලිස්සල වැටිලා හරි මැරෙනවා බන්..

 

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A TransAsia Airlines plane has made an emergency landing in Taiwan killing 51 people and injuring seven.

The aircraft reportedly came down in the Penghu Islands off the western coast of Taiwan.

Authorities said the plane, carrying 58 people including four crew, crashed near the airport on the outlying Penghu island.

"Fifty-one people are feared dead and seven people injured," Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration Shen Chi told reporters, but the local fire chief put the death toll at 45.

Seven people are said to have been injured in the crash.

Taiwan media is reporting the plane was flying a domestic route.

More follows...​

 

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CCTV News:

 

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වෙලව ආවම කෙහෙල් ලෙල්ලට ලිස්සල වැටිලා හරි මැරෙනවා බන්..

 

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CNN says 11 in hospital with serious burns and injuries..

 

[rochel1977]

Aircraft was an ATR-72 belonging to TransAsia airways.

this is not an ATR machan. This is a Airbus A320.

 

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this is not an ATR machan. This is a Airbus A320.

Thanks for the correction dude..