How did they survive? Miracle of the 15 passengers - including a toddler - who were pulled to safety after Taiwan plane crashed into bridge and plunged into river
A two-year-old boy was among 15 people who miraculously survived
the plane crash in Taiwan. Dramatic footage shows the boy, who was one
of four children rescued, being lifted out of the aircraft which crashed
into the Keeling RIver, located in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei.
More than 1,000 rescue operators are searching for 18 missing people,
while at least 25 people were killed in the crash.
How did they survive? Dozens of passengers including a two-year-old child are miraculously pulled to safety after Taiwan plane crashes into bridge and plunges into river
- Two-year-old boy one of four children pulled from the wreckage after surviving the horror crash on Wednesday
- TransAsia GE235 passenger plane with 58 people on board plunged into Keeling River in capital city Taipei
- At least 25 people have been confirmed dead, according to Taiwanese Civil Aviation Authority, and 18 are missing
- An emergency rescue operation with over 1000 personnel, including military troops, continues throughout the night
- There were 53 passengers and five crew on board, 31 of whom were tourists from mainland China
- It crushed a taxi, injuring the driver, before clipping a freeway overpass and plunging into the river
- An emergency rescue operation with more than 1,000 personnel, including military troops, is under way
- Investigators are examining the plane's blackbox retrieved from the wreckage to outline the cause of the accident
A
two-year-old boy was one of four children who miraculously survived a
terrifying place crash in Taiwan, after the aircraft clipped a motorway
overpass and crashed into a river,
So
far 15 survivors have been pulled from the wreckage of the plane, as
more than 1,000 rescue personnel scramble to try and save people trapped
in the aircraft which crashed into the Keeling River in the capital
city of Taipei.
Dramatic
footage of the rescue operation, which is still ongoing, shows the
child being carried out on the aeroplane with by emergency workers with
barely a scratch on him. Once the dinghy reaches dry land, he is rushed
away to be looked over by medics.
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Miracle: A rescue worker hands over a
two-year-old boy after survivor a devastating plane crash in Taiwan. The
aircraft clipped a motorway shortly after take off and crashed into the
Keeling River
Safe: The
toddler and a Taiwanese official rush to safety once they reach dry
land, after the little boy is rescued from the plane which crashed into
the Keeling River in Taipai, Taiwan's capital city
Smash: Terrifying pictures have
emerged of a passenger plane with 58 people on board plunging into a
river near Taiwan's capital Taipei after clipping a bridge on the
freeway
At least 25 people were killed in the crash, which happened just three minutes after the plane took off from a Taipei airport.
While
the survivors receive medical attention and counselling following the
horrifying incident, emergency workers continue to look for 18 people
who are still not accounted for as night falls on the crash site.
Cranes have been used to remove part of the fuselage from the river, which was lying half submerged.
Fire
department officials have confirmed that 14 of the fatalities died at
the scene while the others died as a result of their injuries before
they reached a hospital,The Strait Times reports.
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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
Probe: Firefighters use torches to
look for survivors and clues within the wreckage of TransAsia GE235
passenger plane, which crashed into the Keeling River after clipping a
motorway and taxi shortly after taking off
Salvage: Cranes were used to lift part of the sunken aeroplane out of the river. At least 25 people have died from the cras
Terrifying
footage of the disaster, filmed by a passing motorist's dashboard
camera, has emerged and shows the ATR 72-600 turboprop domestic flight,
reportedly with 58 people on board, plunging into the water only three
minutes after taking off from Songshan airport which was 5km away.
Speaking
earlier today Wu Jun-hong, a Taipei Fire Department official who was
coordinating the rescue, said the missing people were believed to still
be in the fuselage, blocked from the entrance by interior wreckage, or
had been pulled downriver.
'The
focus of our work is to try to use cranes to lift the front part of the
wreckage, which is submerged under the water and is where most of the
other passengers are feared trapped,' Wu told reporters at the scene.
'At the moment, things don't look too optimistic. Those in the front of the plane are likely to have lost their lives.'
Attempt: Rescue personnel in a rubber
dinghy remove a passenger from the wreckage using ropes before
transporting them to land and hospitals
Lucky: A survivor is taken to safety by emergency crew: 25 people have reportedly died and 15 people have been rescued
Assistance: An injured passenger is
helped onto land by emergency personnel along the river bank. Amongst
those rescued are four children
Wounded: Another injured passenger is stretchered by emergency workers after being fitted with a neck brace
Aid: Rescuers transfer an injured passenger from a crashed plane in Taipei to an ambulance vehicle
However
The Strait Times reported that eye witnesses of the disaster claimed
they saw people being thrown out of the plane upon impact.
Civil
aviation officials said the flight took off at 10:53am, en route to the
island of Kinmen, and lost contact with controllers two minutes later.
The cause of the crash remains unknown.
In
what was believed to be the final communication from the cockpit, aired
by local television news, the plane's crew could be heard shouting
'Mayday! Mayday! Engine flameout!'.
A 'flameout' is when the flame in a plane's engine is extinguished, resulting in a loss of power or engine failure.
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Tragedy: A white sheet is laid over
one of the passengers killed in the crash, as the body is taken past
military personnel drafted in to help with the rescue operation
Probe: Investigators are examining the
plane's blackbox (pictured) retrieved from the wreckage to outline the
cause of the accident
Safety: Fire department officials have
confirmed that 14 of the fatalities died on the spot while the
remaining died as a result of their injuries before they reached a
hospital
Secure: Operators begin their
operations to secure the crashed aircraft. On board the plane were 53
passengers and five crew, 31 of whom were tourists from mainland China
Prise: Search and rescue team members tried to open a hole in the plane to search for those trapped inside the fuselage
An
official from the national fire agency told AFP at least three people
showed 'no life signs' when rescue crews first arrived at the accident
site.
'Three people showed no heartbeat and other life signs when they were rescued,' Lin Kuan-cheng said.
More
than 1000 emergency personnel, including five rescue teams from the
local fire crew and hundreds of military troops, were sent to Nanyang
Bridge where they used inflatable speed boats to access the crash site.
Rescue
teams were also seen atop the wreckage, where they pulled passengers
out to safety before assisting them to land and finally rushing them to
various hospitals.
On board the plane were 53 passengers and five crew, 31 of whom were tourists from mainland China.
A
taxi driver was also taken to hospital after suffering severe head
injuries and concussion when the plane crushed his vehicle before
colliding with the bridge, The Guardian reports.
Crash: A taxi driver was also taken to
hospital after suffering severe head injuries and concussion when the
plane crushed his vehicle before colliding with the bridge
Debris: A man walks past the wreckage of the GE235 flight which clipped a freeway overpass before crash landing in a river
Help: 'The focus of our work is to try
to use cranes to lift the front part of the wreckage, which is
submerged under the water and is where most of the other passengers are
feared trapped,'a senior fire department official said
The plane, which is a privately-owned
airline, had just taken off from Songshan Airport in Taipei and was en
route to the island of Kinmen
Civil aviation officials said the flight took off at 10:53 am and lost contact with controllers two minutes later
Rush: Thousands of people have crowded around the crash site in Taiwan as 20 passangers remain unaccounted for
Assistance: Rescue personnel, military and members of the media line up along the shore as the rescue operations continues
Help: An injured passenger with blood on her face is escorted by emergency personnel up the river bank
Investigators are examining the plane's blackbox retrieved from the wreckage to outline the cause of the accident.
Lin
Chih-ming, head of Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration, said the
ATR 72-600 was less than a year old and was last serviced just over a
week ago.
The pilot had 14,000 flying hours and the co-pilot 4,000 hours, Lin said.
It's
not the first time TransAsia has been struck by tragedy as another of
its planes, also an ATR-7, crashed in a rainstorm in July off Penghu
Island in the Taiwan Strait.
The plane crash killed 48 people and injured 10 others.
Infographics: The plane crashed three minutes after take off, only five kilometres from the runway
Emergency personnel carry the body of a passenger extracted from the commercial plane after it crashed
Bags: A policeman takes photo of passengers' luggage recovered from the plane which crashed into the Keelung River
Collection: Military personnel carry items from the ATR 72-600 turboprop airplane to shore
Wreckage: Parts of the airplane are seen lying on the ground where they fell when the aircraft crashed into the freeway bridge
Divers at work: Lin Chih-ming, head of
Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration, said the ATR 72-600 was less
than a year old and was last serviced just over a week ago
Stranded: Civil aviation officials said the flight took off at 10:53 am and lost contact with controllers two minutes later
Wreckage: Investigators will be examining causes of the accident, the Aviation Safety Council spokesman Wang Hsing-chung said
Read more:
- At least 9 killed, more feared trapped after TransAsia Airways jet crashes into Taipei river - East Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times
- TransAsia flight GE235 crashes in Taiwan river - as it happened | World news | The Guardian
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