TransAsia Airways’ GE222 flight was en-route from from Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport to the Penghu Islands when it made an emergency landing in Taiwan.
Seven more people were reportedly injured in the crash, AP cites Taiwan’s Central News Agency as saying.
BREAKING Location of Transasia flight #GE222 crash landing: Penghu Islands west of Taiwan pic.twitter.com/dbsS6tcPFl#TyphoonMatmu
— AirLiveNet (@airlivenet) July 23, 2014
Update: Of 58 onboard, 51 dead & 7 injured in emergency landing of Taiwan’s TransAsia Airways plane (file photo) pic.twitter.com/rYfqceJPak
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) July 23, 2014
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