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TransAsia Airways flight crashes in river shortly after takeoff, 58 onboard

TransAsia Airways flight crashes in river shortly after takeoff, 58 onboard

By :  DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-02-04 05:35 GMT
Taiwan's state media reports at least eight people have been killed when a commercial flight with 58 people aboard clipped a bridge shortly after takeoff and crashed into a river in the island's capital of Taipei. (Photo: Video grab)
The fuselage landed in the Keelung River near the city's downtown Sungshan airport. (Photo: Video grab)
Emergency personnel carry the body of a passenger extracted from a commercial plane after it crashed in Taipei, Taiwan. The Taiwanese commercial flight with 58 people aboard clipped a bridge shortly after takeoff and crashed into a river in the
Stretchers wait on the shoreline of the Keelung River as emergency personnel try to extract passengers from a Taiwanese commercial plane after it crashed. The ATR-72-600 prop-jet aircraft with 58 people aboard went sideways, clipped an elevated
Emergency personnel work after a commercial plane crashed into a river in Taipei, Taiwan. The Taiwanese commercial flight with 58 people aboard clipped a bridge shortly after takeoff and crashed into a river in the island's capital of Taipei on
Emergency personnel try to extract passengers from a commercial plane after it crashed in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. A Taiwanese flight with 58 people aboard went sideways, clipped an elevated roadway and careened into a river
Emergency personnel try to extract passengers from a commercial plane after it crashed in Taipei, Taiwan. The Taiwanese commercial flight with 58 people aboard clipped a bridge shortly after takeoff and crashed into a river in the island's capital
Emergency personnel try to extract passengers from a commercial plane after it crashed in Taipei, Taiwan. A Taiwanese flight with 58 people aboard went sideways, clipped an elevated roadway and careened into a river Wednesday shortly after takeoff
A survivor, bottom, rescued from a commercial plane after it crashed in the water is taken by a boat as emergency personnel on the plane try to rescue other passengers in Taipei, Taiwan. The Taiwanese commercial flight with 58 people aboard clipped
The country's Central News Agency said three people were killed. (Photo: Twitter)
Aviation authority director Lin Chi-ming told a news conference that eight people were killed. (Photo: Video grab)
TransAsia Airways flight crashes in river shortly after takeoff, 58 onboard

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