StriKe Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 Taipei: A plane making a second landing attempt in stormy weather crashed at an airport on a small Taiwanese island late Wednesday, killing nearly 50 people and injuring seven, fire officials said. Taiwan was battered by Typhoon Matmo early Tuesday morning, and the Central Weather Bureau was advising of heavy rain through the evening, even though the center of the storm was in mainland China. The flight was heading from the capital, Taipei, to the island Penghu, halfway between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait. Pictures from the airport showed a handful of firefighters using flashlights to look at wreckage in the darkness. 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. http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/50-dead-in-taiwan-plane-crash-emergency-landing-failed-report-563892 RIP Victims So many air crash these days
vvvslaxman Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 One lost, One shot down, One crashed. Hope the cycle ends .
Raghav_12 Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 Not the best news to read when I am about to board a 6 hrs flight in an hour. Not a good year for civil aviation :-(. I am never comfortable flying these smaller planes. ATR or Bombardier etc. RIP victims.
vvvslaxman Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 Not the best news to read when I am about to board a 6 hrs flight in an hour. Not a good year for civil aviation :-(. I am never comfortable flying these smaller planes. ATR or Bombardier etc. RIP victims. Southwest.. lol i have claustrophobia.. so i always feel like i don't get enough oxygen.
BlackMamba Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 I am flying Malaysian in December. So if you do not see any posts from me, after December, you know what happened to me :cantstop: PS: Do not take out my User ID, please leave it as is -- will serve as a Memorial !
Jersey #10 Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 Southwest.. lol i have claustrophobia.. so i always feel like i don't get enough oxygen. I have the same thing. I hate flying domestic or international flights. I don't do so well with a lot of people cramped in a smaller space like a plane.
Jersey #10 Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 I am flying Malaysian in December. So if you do not see any posts from me, after December, you know what happened to me :cantstop: PS: Do not take out my User ID, please leave it as is -- will serve as a Memorial ! Shubh Shubh bolo bhai
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