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TransAsia Airways Flight GE235

TransAsia Airways Flight GE235
On February 4, 2015, TransAsia Airways Flight GE235 crashed into the Keelung River after clipping a bridge shortly after take-off, killing at least 31 people. A total of 53 passengers, including four children, and five crew members were on board the ATR 72-600 propeller aircraft when it departed Taipei's Songshan Airport at 10.52am bound for Quemoy.
The TransAsia Airways flight clipped a taxi as it crashed into the Keelung River. Photo: Xinhua

Litany of errors led to TransAsia Airways crash in Taiwan that killed 43: report

Update | TransAsia Airways plane forced to land on one engine months after another of its aircraft crashed on same island in Taiwan

Pilot in crashed TransAsia flight shut down plane’s only working engine by mistake: Taiwan probe

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Update | Two more bodies recovered from crash site of TransAsia Flight GE235 in Taipei

Two more bodies have been recovered near the scene of the TransAsia air crash in Taipei, taking the number known to have died in the disaster to 42.

Rescue workers search the river near the crash site. Photo: AP

Taiwan’s TransAsia Airways holds memorial service for victims of Flight GE235 crash

Bereaved families of 37 victims, many with tears in their eyes, attend the one-hour service as the search goes on in Taipei for three passengers who are still missing.

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Update | Religious rites to honour dead in Taiwan plane crash as bodies flown home

Bereaved families of 40 people killed in TransAsia Airways plane crash in Taiwan hold a religious ceremony to honour the dead as bodies of three mainland Chinese victims are taken home.

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TransAsia discusses compensation with families after Taipei crash

TransAsia Airways representatives met with relatives of the victims of last week's plane crash in Taiwan to discuss compensation after it began distributing money to families of the deceased for funeral costs.

Relatives of the victims of crashed TransAsia Airways Flight 235 offered prayers along the Keelung River in Taipei yesterday. Photo: AP

TransAsia cancels 90 flights so ATR pilots can be retrained and tested

TransAsia has cancelled 90 flights over three days to allow its ATR pilots to receive mandated retraining and undergo tests after the post-take-off crash that killed at least 40 people.

TransAsia pilots 'shut off second engine' in possible 'error' that may have led to fatal crash

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Accident investigators say main cause of Taipei air crash was engine failure

Accident investigators have said the main cause of the Taipei air crash that killed at least 35 people was engine failure.

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Workers carry a body away from the crash site. Photo: AFP

Heartbroken relatives arrive to take their loved ones home

Many of the relatives of the 31 mainland passengers on TransAsia Airways flight GE235 fought back tears as they arrived in Taiwan yesterday.

A man consoles two women at the funeral for victims of the TransAsia Airways plane crash. Photo: EPA

'Hero' pilots steered plane away from higher casualties

The pilot of crashed TransAsia Flight GE235 was hailed a hero yesterday for narrowly avoiding buildings and ditching the stalled aircraft in a river, likely averting a worse disaster.

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Flight GE235 passengers: 'It was horrifying, I didn't think I'd survive'

The survivors of Flight GE235 described last-minute decisions that may have saved their lives, the horrifying moments before the crash and pulling themselves from the wreckage.

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Crash revives concerns airport is too close to city centre

Taiwanese media yesterday voiced safety concerns over the location of the small airport from which TransAsia Airways Flight GE235 departed, as the authorities continued to try to piece together what went wrong.

Emergency teams remove pieces of wreckage at the site of the crashed TransAsia Airways plane Flight GE235 in New Taipei City. Photo: Reuters

TransAsia crash survivors say last-minute seat change, strangers' help saved their lives

An uncanny premonition saved the life of TransAsia Airways passenger Chen Ming-chung. The 50-year-old property broker had an "uneasy feeling" before he boarded the plane and insisted that he change seats.

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Relatives of victims of the TransAsia Airways crash pray on the banks of the Keelung River near the plane's wreckage yesterday. Photo: AP

Taiwan official confirms pilot’s ‘mayday’ call authentic as air crash death toll rises

Rescuers have found the bodies of four more victims of the Taipei air disaster as they widen their search for the eight people still missing.

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TransAsia Airways faces tough questions

Safety procedures at TransAsia Airways are likely to face intense scrutiny following the crash of Flight GE235 - the company's second fatal incident in seven months, and its fourth involving an ATR-72 aircraft since 1995.

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Taiwan crash puts ATR 72-600 airliner back in the spotlight

In an uncanny coincidence, the ATR 72-600 plane that crashed into a river in northern Taiwan on Wednesday was the same model that crashed and sank into a river in October 2013.

The ATR-72, which made its maiden flight in October 1988, has been involved in 15 accidents since 1994.
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