TERRIBlE TRAGEDY
2014-08-27
Beijing Review 2014年31期
Rescue personnel survey the wreckage of TransAsia Airways flight GE222 that crashed on Taiwans offshore Penghu Islands on July 24.
The turboprop plane en route from Kaohsiung in south Taiwan to Penghu smashed into residential buildings while attempting an emergency landing in stormy weather. Of its 54 passengers and four crew members, 48 were killed and 10 were injured.