| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | February 04, 2015 |
| Time: | 1055 |
| Location: | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Operator: | Transasia |
| Flight #: | 235 |
| Route: | Taipei - Kinmen |
| AC Type: | ATR 72-600 |
| Registration: | B-22816 |
| cn / ln: | 1141 |
| Aboard: | 58 (passengers:53 crew:5) |
| Fatalities: | 43 (passengers:39 crew:4) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | After the aircraft took off, it climbed to 1,300 feet, turned left and began losing altitude and speed. It then, banked to 90 degrees, the wingtip striking a taxi on a roadway and crashed into the Keelung River, coming to rest inverted. The torque censor in the right engine malfunctioned, feathering the engine. The pilot then mistakenly throttled down a still-running left engine. The plane without power, lost altitude and crashed. Pilot error. |
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