TransAsia Airways Flight 222
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.jpg){kind=spacer} The plane involved in the accident taking off from Taipei Songshan Airport in January 2012 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 23 July 2014 |
| Site | Penghu, Taiwan |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | ATR 72-500 |
| Operator | TransAsia Airways |
| Registration | B-22810 |
| Flight origin | Kaohsiung International Airport |
| Destination | Magong Airport |
| Passengers | 54[1] |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 47 |
| Survivors | 11 |
TransAsia Airways Flight 222 (GE222)[2] was a scheduled domestic passenger flight that crashed while attempting an emergency landing in Penghu, Taiwan, on 23 July 2014. Flight 222 was travelling from Kaohsiung to Magong with 54 passengers and 4 crew members on board. Initially, 51 people were reported killed, however Transportation Minister Yeh Kuang-shih later revised the death toll down to 47 and added that 11 people had survived the crash.[3][4]
Aircraft
The flight is operated with a ATR 72, registration B-22810.
Crash
Flight 222 was en route to the Magong, Penghu Islands from Kaohsiung when it made an emergency landing in Penghu County. It was scheduled to depart from Kaohsiung at 16:00, but it took off at 17:43 due to typhoon Matmo.[4] The flight's first landing attempt at Magong Airport reportedly failed. The pilot then requested to make a second attempt, after which the control tower lost contact. The plane reportedly crashed in the township of Husi, causing a fire involving two homes.[4]
Probable causes
The cause of the crash was suspected to be linked to Typhoon Matmo, which passed over Taiwan and Penghu earlier in the day; radar images showed heavy rain over the area at the time of the crash.[5]
Passengers and crew
The pilot was identified as 60-year-old Lee Yi-liang, the co-pilot as Chiang Kuan-hsing, 39. It was not immediately known if they were among the dead. The captain has more than 22,000 flying hours on their record.
There were 54 passengers on board, 4 of whom were reported to be children. The flight had a crew of four.[6]
| Nation | Passenger | Crew | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
 Republic of China |
52 | 4 | 56 |
 France |
2[7] | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 54 | 4 | 58 |
References
- ^ "At least 51 feared dead as Taiwan passenger plane crash lands in Penghu". South China Morning Post. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "Taiwan TransAsia Airways plane crash 'kills dozens'". BBC News. 23 July 2014. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "TransAsia Plane Crash Landing 'Kills 51'". Sky News. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ a b c "47 dead, 11 injured in Penghu plane crash: reports". Taiwan News. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "TransAsia Airways crashes in Taiwan, at least 40 dead". USA Today. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "Taiwan plane crash - latest". The Telegraph. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "快訊／復興墜機47死！乘客名單公布 2位法國籍乘客". ettoday. 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2014-07-23.