Live: Plane with 53 passengers aboard crashes into river

Updated: 2015-02-04 12:37

(chinadaily.com.cn / Agencies)

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3:40 pm
Crane to help in rescue mission
Rescuers are going to use crane to lift TransAsia wreckage where "most passengers are feared trapped," according to Channel News Asia.

Live: Plane with 53 passengers aboard crashes into river

Rescuers pull a passenger out of the TransAsia Airways plane that crash landed in a river in New Taipei City, Feb 4, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]

3:30 pm
Identities of 4 passengers from mainland confirmed
Yan Chunwei, an employee of China Telecom's Xiamen branch, and his son have been reportedly injured in the crash. Yan's wife escaped injuries.

Xiamen Power Supply Bureau said its employee Huang Liping is now under emergency treatment while Huang Yifei and Hua Li are not on the survivors' list.

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