Dashcam Records Passenger Plane Moments Before Deadly Crash in Taiwan
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Lin Ming-Huang/Facebook(TAIPEI, Taiwan) — Dramatic dashcam footage in Taiwan shows a TransAsia Airways plane scraping past a major highway moments before it careened into a shallow river Wednesday, killing at least 23 people with 20 others still missing. Fifteen people have been hospitalized.
The plane, which was carrying 58 people, clipped a bridge shortly after takeoff from Taipei’s downtown Sungshan Airport, state media said. The plane was visible from Taiwan’s busy National Freeway No. 1 just seconds before the crash.
Parts of the wrecked fuselage of the turboprop ATR 72 jutted out of the Keelung River just a couple dozen yards from the shore. The main section of fuselage was on its side, missing a wing.
Rescuers clustered around the plane in rubber boats more than two hours after the crash, and could be seen pulling carry-on luggage from an open plane door.
All the passengers were either Chinese or Taiwanese. There were four children on the plane.
The rescue efforts are ongoing.
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