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47 killed in Taiwan plane cras
A TRANSAS1A Airways turboprop plane crashed on its second attempt at landing during a thunderstorm on an island off Taiwan on Wednesday, killing 47 people and selling buildings on fire, officials said. The plan.a70-scat ATR72. crashed near the runway on the island of Penghu. west of the mainland, with 54 passengers and four crew on board, they said. No one was killed or hurt in the buildings.
Eleven injured people on the plane were taken to hospital, the Government said.
The aircraft took off from Taiwan's southern city of Kaohsiung. headed for the island of Makong. but crash-landed in Huxi township of Penghu County, the main island of the chain also known as the Pescadores.
"It was thunderstorm conditions during the crash." said Hsi Wenguang. a spokesman for the Penghu County Government Tire Bureau.
"From the crash site we sent 11 people to hospital with injuries. A few empty apartment buildings adjacent to the runway caught fire, hut no one was inside at the time and the fire was extinguished."
The news agency had earlier quoted a local fire hrigade chief as saying that 51 people had been killed. Flight GE222. a twin-engine turboprop ATR-72 aircraft, was heading from the southern port city of Kaohsiung to the island of Penghu in the Taiwan Strait, according to
Eleven injured people on the plane were taken to hospital, the Government said.
The aircraft took off from Taiwan's southern city of Kaohsiung. headed for the island of Makong. but crash-landed in Huxi township of Penghu County, the main island of the chain also known as the Pescadores.
"It was thunderstorm conditions during the crash." said Hsi Wenguang. a spokesman for the Penghu County Government Tire Bureau.
"From the crash site we sent 11 people to hospital with injuries. A few empty apartment buildings adjacent to the runway caught fire, hut no one was inside at the time and the fire was extinguished."
The news agency had earlier quoted a local fire hrigade chief as saying that 51 people had been killed. Flight GE222. a twin-engine turboprop ATR-72 aircraft, was heading from the southern port city of Kaohsiung to the island of Penghu in the Taiwan Strait, according to
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