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A TransAsia airlines plane carrying 58 people 

crashed into a shallow river in Taipei, Taiwan, shortly after takeoff

 Wednesday morning, killing at least 19, The Associated Press reports. The AP says 24 people remain missing.


Video taken from a nearby car shows the twin-engine turboprop jet rolling onto its side and clipping an elevated roadway with its left wingtip before falling into the Keelung River just before 11 a.m. local time, the AP said.

Rescuers from the shore rushed to get survivors out of the plane, which appeared to have almost entirely sunk into the river.

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Christopher Dean Hopkins

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Many of the 58 people on board remain unaccounted for after the twin-engine turboprop plane rolled and clipped an elevated roadway just after takeoff.

TransAsia plane crashes into Taiwan River; more than a dozen dead

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