Aerospace Images: Scenes from TransAsia crash and rescue
Feb. 5, 2015
TAIPEI, Taiwan, 5 Feb. 2015. View images from TVBS in Taiwan of the wreckage of TransAsia Airways ATR 72-600 twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliner carrying 58 people, including 53 passengers and five crewmembers, which crashed into a river in Taiwan shortly after takeoff.
TAIPEI, Taiwan, 5 Feb. 2015. A TransAsia Airways ATR 72-600 twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliner carrying 58 people, including 53 passengers and five crewmembers, has crashed into a river in Taiwan. At least 25 people have died, local authorities confirm.
The commercial aircraft fell from the sky shortly after taking off from Sungshan Airport in downtown Taipei. An eyewitness driving on an elevated traffic bridge captured the plummeting commercial passenger jet on film with an in-vehicle dashboard camera. Captured footage shows the airplane banking sharply, making contact with a taxi traveling on the bridge, and clipping the side of the bridge before crashing into the Keelung River.
Images courtesy TVBS (Television Broadcasts Satellite), a satellite television channel and nationwide network in Taiwan.
Courtney E. Howard | Chief Editor, Intelligent Aerospace
Courtney enjoys writing about all things high-tech in PennWell’s burgeoning Aerospace and Defense Group, which encompasses Intelligent Aerospace and Military & Aerospace Electronics. She’s also a self-proclaimed social-media maven, mil-aero nerd, and avid avionics and space geek. Connect with Courtney at [email protected], @coho on Twitter, on LinkedIn, and on Google+.
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