Courtesy of ZeroHedge. View original post here.
Submitted by Tyler Durden.
A TransAsia Airways flight from Kaohsiung to Penghu made an forced landing in Taiwan, according to TVBS, 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
As you can see, the mangled wreckage of buildings and plane, after it tried emergency landing during Typhoon weather pic.twitter.com/oc0QO9Dghk
— Danny Lee ??? (@JournoDannyAsia) July 23, 2014
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
— Danny Lee ??? (@JournoDannyAsia) July 23, 2014
The emergency landing occurred on Makung, one of Taiwan’s offshore islands…
No details are available on the cause of the emergency landing yet, but it appears weather was involved…
RT @anthonywx: Unbelievably, this was the radar near the time of the crash of this plane in Taiwan. pic.twitter.com/tx0HAm7fsg
— Danny Lee ??? (@JournoDannyAsia) July 23, 2014
BREAKING Reports say pilot of #TransAsia #GE222 was requesting a go-around from Magong Airport in heavy winds before the crash #Taiwan
— AirLiveNet (@airlivenet) July 23, 2014
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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?