Plane crashes in Taiwan, killing 51 people

Seen in a raining downpour, a vehicle is covered in rubble from the wreckage from a Taiwan domestic airline that crashed while attempting to land in typhoon weather on the Taiwan island of Penghu, 150 kilometers, (93 miles), off Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and mainland China, late Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Local officials say the domestic airline carrier Trans Asia flight GE 222 crashed on landing with many people feared dead and some injured. AP Photo/

Rescue workers survey the wreckage of TransAsia Airways flight GE222 which crashed while attempting to land in stormy weather on the Taiwanese island of Penghu, late Wednesday, July 23, 2014. A plane landing in stormy weather crashed outside an airport on a small Taiwanese island late Wednesday, and a transport minister said dozens of people were trapped and feared dead. AP Photo

TAIPEI: At least 51 passengers were feared to killed after a Taiwanese TransAsia Airways plane was forced to land at a village in Penghu county at 5.35pm, Taiwan’s Central news agency reported today.

The flight, GE222, took off from Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport around 5pm. It was scheduled to land in Penghu’s Magong Airport at 5.30pm.

Taiwanese transportation authorities said the plane caught fire after it landed “at the end of a runway”.

The report says the plane likely crashed when an attempt to make an emergency landing in the city of Magong.

There were 58 people on board the plane, according to Tawan’s Central news agency.

Seven people with burns were sent to a local hospital.

The other 51 passengers were feared to be dead.

Local villagers said they heard explosions at the time of the crash.

-- South China Morning Post

Plane crashes in Taiwan, killing 51 people

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