Atr 72 600 Crash

Lao airlines atr 72 600.

Atr 72 600 crash. A lao airlines atr 72 was damaged beyond repair in an accident near pakse laos. Moroccan ministry of tourism air transport craft social economy published a report on royal air maroc express atr 72 600 cn coh which suffered damage on 9 july 2018 while approaching al hoceima morocco. The death toll could still rise after the atr 72 600 which had 58 passengers and crew on board crashed into a river shortly after taking off from taipei s songshan airport. A transasia atr 72 600 operating as flight ge235 from taipei to kinmen island impacted a highway viaduct and the waters of the keelung river near new taipei city shortly after takeoff.

The crash occurred about eight kilometers five miles from the airport. The atr 72 is a twin engine turboprop short haul regional airliner developed and produced in france and italy by aircraft manufacturer atr aerei da trasporto regionale or avions de transport régional a joint venture formed by french aerospace company aérospatiale now airbus and italian aviation conglomerate aeritalia now leonardo s p a the number 72 in its name is derived from the. 2 9 nmi to the east of songshan in taiwan the aircraft had 53 passengers and five crew on board. Flight qv301 originated in vientiane laos at 14 45 and operated a domestic service to pakse.

It crashed into the mekong river during its approach and sank. Another atr 72 operated by the same taipei based airline crashed in the outlying taiwan controlled islands of penghu last july 23 killing 48 at the end of a typhoon for reasons that are still. All 44 passengers and five crew members were killed in the accident. Twelve people have been killed taiwan plane crash taiwan plane taiwan air crash.

The aircraft was on a scheduled domestic flight from vientiane the capitol of laos to pakxe in southern part of the country. This comes just seven. Forty three occupants on board the airplane suffered fatal injuries. Transasia airways flight 235 was a transasia airways domestic flight from taipei to kinmen quemoy republic of china.

Weather in the area was poor as a result of a passing typhoon. The aircraft struck mediterranean sea after the crew turned off terrain avoidance and warning system taws believing it to be faulty.