HONG KONG — A small passenger plane crashed into a river in Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, on Wednesday morning, Taiwan’s state-owned Central News Agency reported, citing a local government official. At least nine people were killed, the agency said.
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The crash is the second for the airline in just over six months, following a TransAsia Airways ATR-72 crash on July 23 that killed 48 people. The cause of that crash is still under investigation. The plane was attempting to land at Magong, in Taiwan’s Penghu Islands, as Typhoon Matmo brought heavy rain and strong winds to the region.
