{{#sender.isSelf}} to your comment. TransAsia flight 235 crash: 'Last communication' from pilot 'Mayday Mayday engine flameout'Email already exists. real-world solutions, and more. By signing up you are agreeing to our try again, the name must be unique Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when The aircraft, registration B-228516, was a twin-engine turboprop made for regional airliners, the ATR 72. There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts It hadn’t been used for even a year,” Peter Chen, TransAsia’s director, told reporters at a press conference, Wednesday’s accident marks the airline’s second deadly crash in less than 10 months. An ambulance arrives to … {{#replies}} By

Log in to update your newsletter preferencesPlease Please TransAsia Airways Flight 235 was a scheduled Taiwanese domestic flight from Taipei Songhan Airport to the Kinmen Islands. As many as 28 people however appeared to have escaped from the wreckage.A flameout is usually caused by an interruption of the fuel supply to the engine or when there is faulty combustion, resulting in an engine failure.

'Dash cam" footage posted on the internet of plane crash in Taiwan The plane clipped a taxi before crashing into the riverRescuers lift the wreckage of the TransAsiaAirways plane out of the Keelung riverPicture from Taiwan television shows the damage to the car that the plane hitRescuers search for survivors moments after the TransAsia plane crashed into a river in New Taipei City this morning (Reuters)Rescuers use dinghies to survey the wreckage of the plane's body as it floats on the river in downtown Taipei (REUTERS/Pichi Chuang)Soldiers remove aeroplane parts of the TransAsia flight 235 crashed this morning (REUTERS/Pichi Chuang)An ambulance arrives to take away survivors from the crash that saw 12 die and many more injured (REUTERS/Pichi Chuang)Bodies are removed from the plane by Taiwanese rescue workers (REUTERS/Stringer )A man walks next to the wreckage of the TransAsia Airways plane which clipped a bridge before falling into the river February 4, 2015. Independent Premium. (REUTERS/Stringer)'Dash cam" footage posted on the internet of plane crash in Taiwan The plane clipped a taxi before crashing into the riverRescuers lift the wreckage of the TransAsiaAirways plane out of the Keelung riverPicture from Taiwan television shows the damage to the car that the plane hitRescuers search for survivors moments after the TransAsia plane crashed into a river in New Taipei City this morning (Reuters)Rescuers use dinghies to survey the wreckage of the plane's body as it floats on the river in downtown Taipei (REUTERS/Pichi Chuang)Soldiers remove aeroplane parts of the TransAsia flight 235 crashed this morning (REUTERS/Pichi Chuang)An ambulance arrives to take away survivors from the crash that saw 12 die and many more injured (REUTERS/Pichi Chuang)Bodies are removed from the plane by Taiwanese rescue workers (REUTERS/Stringer )A man walks next to the wreckage of the TransAsia Airways plane which clipped a bridge before falling into the river February 4, 2015.
try again, the name must be unique Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post will be published daily in dedicated articles. Rescuers are working to free those still trapped in the plane’s fuselage. The last communication from one of the TransAsia flight 235’s pilots was "Mayday Mayday engine flameout", according to an air traffic control recording on liveatc.net.. There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts Fifteen passengers survived with injuries.“I’m simply amazed that there were survivors,” says Daniel. There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts 1 just seconds before it plunged into the Keelung River, yards from the shore, local television images showed.At least 15 people have died and more than 16 have been injured. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Taiwan Please Local broadcasters have released a recording of an unidentified crew member uttering “Mayday” three times before losing contact with the control tower.“Before it hit the taxi, it made a hard left bank that’s indicative usually of the pilot trying to either avoid something or an uncontrolled event,” Mike Daniel, an international aviation-safety consultant based in Singapore, tells TIME.However, authorities have refrained from commenting on possible causes until the official investigation concludes. On Wednesday, rescue teams successfully recovered the plane’s flight recorders and pulled its fuselage from the Keelung River after nightfall.At least 32 people were killed during the crash. © 2020 TIME USA, LLC. In July a TransAsia flight went down near the airport at Magong on Taiwan’s Penghu Island during a rainstorm, killing 48 people and injuring 10. TransAsia Airways Flight 235 was a TransAsia Airways domestic flight from Taipei to Kinmen (Quemoy), Republic of China. All Rights Reserved. continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Soldiers remove aeroplane parts of the TransAsia flight 235 crashed this morning (REUTERS/Pichi Chuang) 8/10 TransAsia Disaster. The most insightful comments on all subjects try again, the name must be unique Doctors said the lucky driver had told them he was “very scared” as TransAsia Airways flight 235 crushed his cab before plunging into a river.