Rescue workers and firefighters search through the wreckage of TransAsia Airways flight GE222 on Thursday, July 24, after it crashed near the airport at Magong on the Penghu island chain a day before. The domestic TransAsia Airways flight was carrying 54 passengers and four crew members when it crashed in the Penghu island chain. There were 10 survivors.
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Rescue workers and firefighters search through the wreckage of TransAsia Airways flight GE222 on Thursday, July 24, after it crashed near the airport at Magong on the Penghu island chain a day before. The domestic TransAsia Airways flight was carrying 54 passengers and four crew members when it crashed in the Penghu island chain. There were 10 survivors.
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Relatives of victims pray with the victims' portraits during a makeshift ceremony at the crash site on the outlying island of Penghu, Taiwan, on July 24. Stormy weather on the trailing edge of Typhoon Matmo was the likely cause of the plane crash, the airline said Thursday.
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Relatives of victims pray with the victims' portraits during a makeshift ceremony at the crash site on the outlying island of Penghu, Taiwan, on July 24. Stormy weather on the trailing edge of Typhoon Matmo was the likely cause of the plane crash, the airline said Thursday.
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On July 24, relatives of passengers pray at an altar set up for the victims.
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On July 24, relatives of passengers pray at an altar set up for the victims.
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Emergency workers remove the wreckage on July 24.
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Emergency workers remove the wreckage on July 24.
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Rescue workers survey the wreckage of the flight on Thursday, July 24. The plane was attempting to land in stormy weather but crashed on the island late Wednesday, wrecking houses and cars on the ground.
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Rescue workers survey the wreckage of the flight on Thursday, July 24. The plane was attempting to land in stormy weather but crashed on the island late Wednesday, wrecking houses and cars on the ground.
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Rescue workers survey the wreckage on July 24.
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Rescue workers survey the wreckage on July 24.
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The tail section of the plane is seen in the rubble.
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The tail section of the plane is seen in the rubble.
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Rescuers work at the crash site on Wednesday, July 23. Flight GE222 was a twin-engine turboprop plane.
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Rescuers work at the crash site on Wednesday, July 23. Flight GE222 was a twin-engine turboprop plane.
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The cause of the crash, near Magong Airport, wasn't immediately known.
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The cause of the crash, near Magong Airport, wasn't immediately known.
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Relatives of passengers are seen at Kaohsiung International Airport in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on July 23. Before Flight GE222 took off from Kaohsiung, it had been delayed due to conditions related to a typhoon, the airline said.
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Relatives of passengers are seen at Kaohsiung International Airport in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on July 23. Before Flight GE222 took off from Kaohsiung, it had been delayed due to conditions related to a typhoon, the airline said.
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A vehicle is covered in rubble from the wreckage on July 23.
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A vehicle is covered in rubble from the wreckage on July 23.
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Local journalists wait in front of a TransAsia reservations desk at the Taipei Sungshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 23.
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Local journalists wait in front of a TransAsia reservations desk at the Taipei Sungshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 23.
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A passenger's relative reacts at the airport in Kaohsiung on July 23.
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A passenger's relative reacts at the airport in Kaohsiung on July 23.
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