Typhoon conditions probably brought down a TransAsia Airways plane on a Taiwanese island, killing 48 people, the airline confirmed.
It is believed that stormy weather on the trailing edge of Typhoon Matmo was the likely cause of the crash in the Penghu island chain in the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China.
The ATR-72 jet was travelling from the city of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan with 58 passengers and crew on board when it crashed near the runway while attempting to land.
In pictures: The crash of flight GE222 in Taiwan
In pictures: The crash of flight GE222 in Taiwan
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A relative of a passenger onboard the TransAsia Airways Flight GE222 that crashed on the Taiwanese island of Penghu, cries at a funeral parlor in Penghu
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A local resident walks past the tail section of TransAsia Airways flight GE222 as rescue workers and firefighters search through the wreckage the morning after it crashed near the airport at Magong on the Penghu island chain
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A forensic team recovers human remains among the wreckage of crashed TransAsia Airways flight GE222 on the outlying island of Penghu
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A forensic team recovers human remains among the wreckage of crashed TransAsia Airways flight GE222 on the outlying island of Penghu
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Emergency workers remove the wreckage of crashed TransAsia Airways flight GE222 on the outlying island of Penghu
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Soldiers remove debris from the scene of crashed TransAsia Airways Flight GE222 on the outlying island of Penghu
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Rescue workers and firefighters search through the wreckage where Transasia Airways flight GE222 crashed the night before near the airport at Magong on the Penghu island chain
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Relatives of victims killed in the TransAsia Airways Flight GE222 crash pray with the victims' portraits during a makeshift ceremony at the crash site on the outlying island of Penghu
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Rescue workers survey the wreckage of TransAsia Airways flight GE222 which crashed while attempting to land in stormy weather on the Taiwanese island of Penghu
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An injured passenger is helped by rescuers to get on an ambulance after the crash of the TransAsia Airways flight GE222 in Penghu
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