Shock dash-cam footage appeared to capture the moment a TransAsia Airways plane crashed after takeoff in the capital of Taiwan.
The aircraft, carrying 53 passengers, clipped a bridge before hurtling into Taipei's Keelung River Wednesday morning local time. At least 15 people were killed, according to state media reports.
Here's more video:
TransAsia plane crash https://t.co/bNobI6cUQe
— 에도 우 (@edowoo) February 4, 2015
Images also appeared to capture the crash and were widely shared on social media.
TransAsia Airways #GE235 von Taipeh nach Kinmen 3 Minuten nach dem Take off. http://t.co/8uVG64bVg4 pic.twitter.com/AvrUoIKmeP
— Richard Gutjahr (@gutjahr) February 4, 2015
The death toll in the TransAsia Airways flight was expected to rise as rescue crews cleared the mostly sunken fuselage in the Keelung River a couple dozen meters (yards) from the shore. Teams of rescuers in rubber rafts clustered around the wreckage.
Civil aviation officials said the flight took off at 10:53 a.m. and lost contact with controllers two minutes later. Thirty-one passengers were from China, Taiwan's tourism bureau said. Kinmen's airport is a common link between Taipei and China's Fujian province.
The plane was identified as a French-made twin-engine turboprop ATR 72 with a two-pilot air crew.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. Last update at 4:43 a.m. ET
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