A Taiwan plane crash 2014 has happened late Wednesday on a small Taiwanese island when a flying vessel failed to carry out an emergency landing amid the stormy weather.
A tragic incident that is now dubbed as Taiwan plane crash 2014 has taken place in on a small island, and according to authorities many passengers of the craft were reportedly killed following the crash.
Taiwan's Transport Minister Yeh Kuang-shih said that apart from the 51 confirmed dead people as per earlier reports, 11 more have been identified alive though injured.
The Taiwan plane crash 2014 reportedly happened when the plane botched its second attempt to make an emergency landing, leading it to crash to the ground and get consumed by flames.
The Taiwanese government's Central News Agency says the aircraft was identified as an ATR-72 that was operated by Taiwanese airline TransAsia Airways.
The plane - or specifically flight GE222 - was said to be making its way to the Penghu island from the southern port city of Kaohsiung when it suddenly crashed outside the airport in Xixi village - located halfway between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan.
Taiwan plane crash 2014 photos show that local media and a number of firefighters rushed to the scene of the crash to inspect the wreckage using flashlights despite the darkness.
Yeh noted that flight GE222 - which is a 70-seater plane - was carrying 58 passengers and four crew members when the tragic aerial incident took place.
Authorities believe that the Taiwan plane crash 2014 incident was brought about by Typhoon Matmo that hit the country early Tuesday morning. The center of the storm is said to be in mainland China.
In the wake of the accident, initial media reports have been inconsistent on the number of people that were killed out of the crash.
Some reports claimed that 45 people were killed due to the Taiwan plane crash 2014 incident while other reports even claimed that 47 have died.
According to Taiwan's aviation safety council, TransAsia has had about 8 incidents similar to this one since 2002. Six of them were said to be involving the ATR-72.
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