Wednesday, February 4, 2015

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View image on TwitterView image on TwitterRescuers pull a passenger out of the TransAsia Airways plane which crash landed in a river in New Taipei City, February 4, 2015. REUTERS-Pichi ChuangPassengers' belongings are placed in front of the wreckage of the TransAsia ATR 72-600 turboprop plane on the Keelung river bank outside Taiwan's capital Taipei
 NIghtfall: Rescue teams are set to work through the night to find missing passengers and establish the cause of the crash, which is currently unknown
At least 25 people have been killed after a regional TransAsia passenger flight carrying 58 crash-landed into a river in northern Taiwan. 

Incredible video-footage of the crash has emerged, showing the jet nearly hitting a highway as it ditched.
Rescuers carry out a rescue operation after a TransAsia Airways plane crash landed in a river, in New Taipei City, February 4, 2015. (Reuters/Pichi Chuang)
Rescuers carry out a rescue operation after a TransAsia Airways plane crash landed in a river, in New Taipei City, February 4, 2015.

Dramatic dash-cam footage showed the wing of TransAsia Airways flight GE235 clipping a highway overpass moments before slamming into the Keelung River. 

Taiwanese officials said the aircraft, a turboprop ATR 72-600, crashed shortly after takeoff from Taipei Songshan Airport. 

The plane was carrying 58 passengers and crew, including 31 tourists from mainland China, Reuters reported. Taiwan's Civil Aviation Authority reported 16 people had been rescued; 33 people are still missing. Salvage: Cranes were used to lift part of the sunken aeroplane out of the river. At least 25 people have died from the cras
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