The passenger
plane clipped a road bridge and crashed into a river in Taiwan on Wednesday
with 58 people on board .30 passengers remain unaccounted for as the rescue
operation in the capital city of Taipei continues.
Terrifying
footage of the disaster, filmed by a passing motorist's dashboard camera,
showed the aircraft plunging into the water only three minutes after taking off
from an airport which was 5km away.
Many
passengers are still believed to be trapped inside the TransAsia Airways GE235
plane while those that have been rescued have been taken to hospital, The
Straits Times reports.
On board the
plane were 53 passengers and five crew 31 of whom were tourists from mainland
China.
A taxi driver
was also taken to hospital after suffering severe head injuries and concussion
when the plane crushed his vehicle before colliding with the bridge.
sad
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