Taiwan airline suspects bad weather caused crash

July 24, 2014 13:01

Stormy weather on the trailing edge of Typhoon Matmo was the likely cause of a plane crash on a Taiwanese island that killed 48 people, the airline said on Thursday.

The ATR-72 operated by Taiwan's TransAsia Airways was carrying 58 passengers and crew when it crashed while landing in the Penghu island chain in the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China late Wednesday.

The plane was flying from the city of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan.The victims included 46 Taiwanese and two French medical students who were interns in Taiwan.

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