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TransAsia plane flight data shows ‘mayday’ call before crash

Flight data for the TransAsia airplane that crashed in Taipei on Wednesday showed a "mayday" call and engine failure a minute before the blackboxes stopped working, according to preliminary analysis results from Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council (ASC) on Friday.

The findings come after authorities analyzed the plane's two flight data recorders, or "black boxes", and voice recordings recovered from the  plane after it crashed into the Keelung River,

The ATR72-600 turboprop passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Songshan Airport at 10:52 am on Wednesday.

The ASC said a preliminary report about the occurrence will be announced in 30 days.

Rescuers on Friday morning recovered four more bodies from the Keelung River, raising the death toll from the crash to 35.

Eight people who boarded the flight are still missing two days after the accident. There were 15 survivors.




 

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