 A frame from a dashcam video showing Flight 235 clipping a taxi and the Huandong Viaduct, seconds before crashing | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 4 February 2015 |
| Summary | Loss of control and crash following pilot misidentification of failed engine |
| Site | Keelung River, Taipei, Taiwan 25°03′48″N 121°37′04″E / 25.06333°N 121.61778°E |
| Total fatalities | 43 |
| Total injuries | 17 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | ATR 72-600 |
| Operator | TransAsia Airways |
| IATA flight No. | GE235G |
| ICAO flight No. | TNA235 |
| Call sign | TRANSASIA 235 |
| Registration | B-22816 |
| Flight origin | Taipei Songshan Airport, Songshan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Destination | Kinmen Airport, Kinmen |
| Occupants | 58 |
| Passengers | 53 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 43 |
| Injuries | 15 |
| Survivors | 15 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground injuries | 2 |
TransAsia Airways Flight 235 was a domestic flight from Taipei to Kinmen, Taiwan. On 4 February 2015, the aircraft serving the flight, a 10-month-old ATR 72-600, crashed into the Keelung River around 5 km (3.1 mi; 2.7 nmi) from Taipei Songshan Airport, where the aircraft had just departed from. On board were 58 people, 15 of whom survived with injuries.
Two minutes after takeoff, the pilots reported an engine failure. After climbing to a height of 1,630 ft (500 m), the other engine, still operating normally, was mistakenly shut down.[1][2] The aircraft lost altitude, banked sharply to the left and clipped a taxi travelling west on the Huandong Viaduct (causing injuries to two more persons), then the viaduct itself, before crashing into the river below.
Flight 235 was the second fatal accident involving a TransAsia Airways ATR aircraft within seven months; Flight 222 had crashed on 23 July 2014, also with 58 people on board. On that flight also, 43 people had died.