A regional Taiwanese carrier, TransAsia Airways, crashed in a river in Taipei yesterday, with more than 50 passengers on board.
Local channel EETV showed footage of the regional aircraft believed to be an ATR-72 steeply passing over a motorway before going out of view, with follow-up TV coverage showing the jet in Keelung river.
According to reports from BBC News Asia, the latest number of casualties sits at 31.
The plane broke up as it plunged into Taipei’s Keelung River, with the fuselage later salvaged by crane.
There were 15 survivors pulled from the wreckage, but 12 remain missing, according to BBC reports.
The cause of the incident has not been disclosed.
In July 2014, 48 people were killed when a TransAsia Airways plane crashed on the Taiwanese island of Penghu after a failed landing attempt in bad weather.
Reports from NBC News quoted U.K.-based aviation safety consultant Chris Yates, who said the plane’s safety record was “relatively favorable.”
“The weather appears to be the most likely factor in the July accident, whereas this one seems to have involved engine failure,” he said.
“I think it’s unlikely the aircraft itself is the common cause.”
