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Are you aviophobic yet? Taiwan plane crashes in failed emergency landing

A domestic TransAsia Airways flight crashed while attempting to make an emergency landing due to stormy weather caused by Typhoon Matmo on the outlying Penghu island of Taiwan.

By Caterina Pontoriero | Updated on July 23, 2014
Rescue workers survey the wreckage of TransAsia Airways flight GE222 which crashed while attempting to land in stormy weather. (AP Photo/Wong Yao-wen)

A domestic TransAsia Airways flight crashed while attempting to make an emergency landing near Magong airport on the outlying Penghu island of Taiwan today, reports BBC News. There were a total of 54 passengers and four crew on board, Taiwan’s CNA news agency reported. According to Bloomberg, 47 people are dead.

Rescue workers are trying to save passengers that are feared trapped in the plane. TransAsia Airways flight GE222 crashed while attempting to land in stormy weather caused by Typhoon Matmo. Typhoon Matmo caused many flights to be cancelled, but the land warning was lifted around 5:30 p.m. local time, around the time the plane took off, BBC reports.

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