TransAsia Airways Flight 235
TransAsia Airways Flight 235 was a domestic flight from Taipei to Kinmen, Taiwan. On 4 February 2015, the aircraft serving the flight, a 10-month-old ATR 72-600, crashed into the Keelung River around 5 km from Taipei Songshan Airport, where the aircraft had just departed from. On board were 58 people, 15 of whom survived.
B-22816, the ATR-72 involved, photographed in January 2015
Rescue operations in the Keelung River around the wreckage of Flight 235, the Huandong Viaduct in the background
The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop, short-haul regional airliner developed and produced in France and Italy by aircraft manufacturer ATR, a joint venture formed by French aerospace company Aérospatiale and Italian aviation conglomerate Aeritalia. The number "72" in its name is derived from the aircraft's typical standard seating capacity of 72 passengers.
ATR 72
An ATR 72 of Finnair, its launch operator
The ATR 72-600 was launched on 2 October 2007.
An ATR prior to painting at Toulouse