More than 40 dead in Taiwan plane crash: officials
July 23, 2014
TAIPEI: More than 40 people were killed in a plane crash in Taiwan on Wednesday, officials said.Authorities said the plane,...
TAIPEI: More than 40 people were killed in a plane crash in Taiwan on Wednesday, officials said.
Authorities said the plane, carrying 58 people including four crew, crashed near the airport on the outlying Penghu island.
"Fifty-one people are feared dead and seven people injured," Taiwan´s Civil Aeronautics Administration Shen Chi told reporters, but the local fire chief put the death toll at 45.
Authorities said the plane, carrying 58 people including four crew, crashed near the airport on the outlying Penghu island.
"Fifty-one people are feared dead and seven people injured," Taiwan´s Civil Aeronautics Administration Shen Chi told reporters, but the local fire chief put the death toll at 45.
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