A plane making a second landing attempt in stormy weather
crashed at an airport on a small Taiwanese Island late Wednesday, killing 51
people and injuring seven, fire officials said. The flight was heading from the
capital, Taipei, to the island Penghu, halfway between the Chinese mainland and
Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait.
Penghu is a lightly populated island that averages about two
flights a day from Taipei.
Taiwan’s Central News Agency cites the Civil Aviation Administration as saying the flight carried 54 passengers and four flight crew and was operated by a Taiwanese airline, TransAsia Airways.
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