At least 12 people have died after a TransAsia Airways plane clipped a bridge and crashed into a river near the Taiwanese capital, Taipei.

Fifty-eight people were onboard the domestic flight. The plane is now half-submerged in the Keelung River.

Rescuers have cut open the side of the fuselage and are trying to rescue several people still trapped inside.

Taipei officials said 16 people suffered injuries. Thirty people are still unaccounted for.

Cindy Sui reports: ''Many of the people on board are still inside the aircraft''

The ATR-72 turbo-prop plane had just taken off from Taipei Songshan Airport and was heading to the outlying Kinmen islands, just off the coast of the south-eastern Chinese city of Xiamen, CNA said.

Flight controllers lost contact with the plane at 10:55 local time (02:55 GMT).

Footage of the plane apparently filmed from inside passing cars showed it banking sharply, hitting a taxi and clipping the bridge before crashing into the river.

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Scary photo of plane just before it crashed.

Terribly scared of air travel nowadays....

I have never entered plane before, and I don't think I would in the nearest future....

Even if I spend two years on the Atlantic ocean, e pay me!!!

RIP to the dead, quick recovery for the injured...

So scary

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God bless d dead

My God, wats going on these days?
Crash here n there. It clearly shows d world is coming to an end soon bliv it or not. God save ur children. This is scary indeed.

Blood of God

What a tragedy. I hope the rescuers take precautionary measures against the highly flammable aviation fuel already spilled in the river.
May God keep those alive safe until rescue reaches them all. Amen.
RIP to the dead.

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Lagusta:
Terribly scared of air travel nowadays....

I have never entered plane before, and I don't think I would in the nearest future....

Even if I spend two years on the Atlantic ocean, e pay me!!!

RIP to the dead, quick recovery for the injured...

if Heaven sure 4 you...y u dy afraid of death?

Ree I Pee

The video footage I watched on CNN was very scary. Lord have mercy!

RIP to the dead.

thank God for their lives

no more hawking from febuhari 14th!

Too many plane crash in Asia these days. God please save your people. RIP to the dead.

Another sad news. God please come to our rescue.

RIP to d dead

Asia with plane crash!

God help them.

Its not a good news o.....rip to the dead

Asia and plane crsh

Jesus!!! Another one again? What is really wrong in that zone? May God please take control.

god help us oooo

teemanbastos:
if Heaven sure 4 you...y u dy afraid of death?

My brother, neither heaven nor hell is sure for anybody.....

Let's all just do the good deeds we can and live a good life....

RIP to the dead once again!!!

:ohaaaaa. my dis kind tin Neva b our portion oo. rip 2 dead.quick recovery 2 d injured