Incredible Footage of TransAsia Plane Crash

Updated: February 4, 2015

Published: February 3, 2015

A TransAsia ATR-72 turboprop flying from Taipei Songshan Airport in Taiwan to Kinmen, Taiwan, crashed shortly after takeoff today.

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Footage of the crash was captured on video, amazingly enough:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDqkW2iuWwc

Of the 58 passengers, only 12 are confirmed dead. While any loss of life is incredibly tragic, it looks like it could have ended a lot worse. My thoughts are with those onboard and their families and friends. It’s always horrible when stuff like this happens.

The footage is fascinating, at least. And terrifying. Though not as terrifying as this 747 footage from about a year ago in Afghanistan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIjO0sKBDDw

Curious to see what the cause of this accident was. Since there’s some video footage and survivors, hopefully this is a swifter investigation than we’ve seen with the past few air disasters.

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carlos Guest

March 3, 2015, 8:36 pm

Lucky escape for some but thoughts go out for those who are dead or missing...terrible incident

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Ian Guest

February 4, 2015, 11:55 pm

Unfortunately, the death toll now stands at 31 with still 12 unaccounted for. There are 15 survivors according to latest reports. Very, very sad - thoughts are with families and friends.

No Name Guest

February 4, 2015, 2:12 pm

Well they landed in a river, which is both bad and good. Good in that the water reduced the risk of post crash fire, bad in the fact that a lot of the passengers have probably ended up drowned instead. Unless both engines was out a commercial airplane should be able to at least maintain altitude and make it back to a runway.

Santastico Diamond

February 4, 2015, 11:43 am

By the video it looks like the left propeller is not working. Engine failure???

Norman Member

February 4, 2015, 10:49 am

@Mrs N- Thanks for sharing this, it does add quite a bit to the context of this incident. I happen to be very familiar with plane performance close to stalling speed, so I knew when I saw the video that the turn was initiated by, and was the intention of the pilots. It takes a lot to make a maneuver like this, and it was very impressive. The only question to be answered, though, is why the plane ended up in such urgent situation. Twin-engine passenger planes are supposed to be able to take off safely with one engine out past V1. I'm really glad to hear that you and your family missed that incident by a few minutes. And may those who perished rest in peace. Travel safe fellows.

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