TAIPEI — 2015 · Major Tragedy
The TransAsia Flight 235 Crash — Keelung River
On 4 February 2015 TransAsia Airways Flight 235, an ATR 72-600 bound from Taipei Songshan Airport to Kinmen island, suffered an engine failure about two minutes after take-off. The pilots mistakenly shut down the remaining working engine; the aircraft lost height, clipped an elevated highway and a taxi on it with its left wing, and plunged into the Keelung River about 5 km from the airport. Of the 58 people on board, 43 were killed and 15 survived with injuries. Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council found that the captain had pulled back the wrong throttle and had failed simulator training on handling engine failure less than a year earlier. It was the airline's second fatal crash within a year; TransAsia ceased operations in 2016.
- Date
- 2015
- Place
- Nangang, Taiwan, Taipei, TW
- Category
- Major Tragedy
- Case Status
- Closed
- Coordinates
- 25.0590, 121.6160 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 4 February 2015The aircraft suffered an engine failure shortly after take-off.
- 4 February 2015The working engine was shut down; the plane hit a viaduct and crashed into the river, killing 43.
- 2 July 2015A preliminary report showed the captain had pulled the wrong throttle.
- 30 June 2016The Aviation Safety Council released its final report.
Sources
- Wikipedia — TransAsia Airways Flight 235 en.wikipedia.org ↗
- CNN — Flight captain: 'Wow, pulled back the wrong throttle' cnn.com ↗
- Taiwan Transportation Safety Board — Final report on GE235 ttsb.gov.tw ↗
- Wikipedia
- CNN
- Taiwan Transportation Safety Board
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