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ATR 72-600

Date: February 4, 2015     Time: 1055
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Operator: Transasia             Flight: 235
AC Type: ATR 72-600
Reg: B-22816      cn: 1141
Aboard:58      Fatalities: 40    Ground: 0
Route: Taipei - Kinmen
Details: After the aircraft took off, it climbed to 1,300 feet, turned left and began losing altitude and speed. It then, banked to 90 degrees, the wingtip striking a taxi on a roadway and crashed into the Keelung River, coming to rest inverted. The pilot mistakenly throttled down a still-running engine following a glitch with the other engine. Pilot error.

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