Plane crashes in Taiwan, 47 feared dead

A plane landing in stormy weather crashed outside an airport on a small Taiwanese island late Wednesday, and a transport minister said 47 people were trapped and feared dead. Taiwan's Transport Minister Yeh Kuang-shih was quoted by the government's Central News Agency as saying another 11 people were injured after the plane crashed and caught fire while making a second landing attempt. The agency had earlier reported, citing a local fire brigade chief, that 51 people had been killed, according to a news agency.