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TransAsia Airways Flight GE235

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4 Feb, 2015

Clips bridge, crashes

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TransAsia Airways flight GE235 clips a highway bridge shortly after takeoff then crashes into the Keelung River in Taiwan. Of the 58 passengers aboard the plane, at least 25 are dead, 15 are rescued and 18 are missing. The cause of the accident is unknown. TransAsia director Peter Chen:

Actually this aircraft in the accident was the newest model. It hadn’t been used for even a year.