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Taiwan pilot in February TransAsia crash described as hasty
A pilot described by colleagues as nervous and hasty mistakenly throttled down a still-running engine following a glitch with the other engine in an airline...
Crew of crashed Taiwan TransAsia plane shut off working engine: source
The crew of a TransAsia Airways ATR plane that crashed in Taiwan in February, killing 43 people on board, had shut off the working engine after the other...
TransAsia begins pilot testing and retraining after deadly crash
TransAsia Airways cancelled dozens of flights on Saturday, the first day of a pilot retraining programme, as rescuers retrieved four more bodies from its...
Pilot’s body found still clutching joystick of crashed Taiwan plane
The pilot of a doomed TransAsia plane, hailed as a hero for his actions in the final moments before a crash that killed 31 people, was still holding the...
Family of three survived Taiwan crash by changing seats before takeoff
A family of three survived the fatal Taiwan passenger plane crash after they changed seats shortly before take off, it has emerged. Lin Ming-wei, his...
Family of three survived Taiwan crash after changing seats before takeoff
A family of three survived the fatal Taiwan passenger plane crash after they changed seats shortly before take off, it has emerged. Lin Ming-wei, his...
Mayday, mayday flameout: Last words of Taiwan crash pilot revealed
An audio recording of the last communication between air traffic control and stricken TransAsia flight GE235 has been released as a rescue operation continues...
Death toll reaches 31 in Taiwan plane crash with 12 people still missing
Rescuers were still searching for 12 people this morning after using a crane to hoist the fuselage of a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow...
Death toll reaches 31 in Taiwan plane crash; 12 still missing
Rescuers were searching for 12 people Thursday morning after using a crane to hoist the fuselage of a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river...
At least 23 dead, dozens missing as TransAsia plane crashes into Taipei river
A Taiwanese flight carrying 58 people turned on its side in midair, clipped an elevated roadway and careened into a shallow river Wednesday shortly after...
At least 23 dead in Taiwan plane crash caught on dramatic video
Desperate crew members shouted “Mayday! Mayday! Engine flameout!” as a TransAsia Airways turbo prop plane with 58 people aboard turned on its...
At least 22 dead in Taiwan plane crash caught on dramatic video
Desperate crew members shouted “Mayday! Mayday! Engine flameout!” as a TransAsia Airways turbo prop plane with 58 people aboard turned on its...
At least 15 dead in Taiwan plane crash caught on dramatic video
At least 15 people were dead after a TransAsia Airways turbo prop plane with 58 people turned on its side in midair, clipped an elevated roadway and careened...
More than 20 dead, dozens missing as TransAsia plane crashes into Taipei river
A Taiwanese flight with 58 people aboard went sideways, clipped an elevated roadway and careened into a river Wednesday shortly after takeoff from the...
At least 12 dead, dozens missing as TransAsia plane crashes into Taipei river
A Taiwanese flight with 58 people aboard went sideways, clipped an elevated roadway and careened into a river Wednesday shortly after takeoff from the...
At least nine dead, dozens missing as TransAsia plane crashes into Taipei river
At least nine people were killed and dozens unaccounted for after a Taiwanese TransAsia Airways plane with 58 passengers and crew on board crash-landed...
Taiwan air crash: Plane survivor crawls out of fiery wreckage
A woman escaped from the fiery wreckage of the TransAsia Airways plane by clambering through a hole in the fuselage - and then phoned her father to come...
More than 40 dead after crash of TransAsia flight in typhoon-hit Taiwan
At first, there were no immediate reports of casualties on the ground after the plane smashed into houses in the village of Sisi, a couple of kilometres...
Up to 51 feared dead in Taiwan plane crash during emergency landing
A TransAsia Airlines plane has made an emergency landing in Taiwan killing 51 people and injuring seven.
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