TAIWAN : Rescue workers and firefighters search through the wreckage of TransAsia Airways flight GE222 after it crashed near the airport at Magong on the Penghu island chain Thursday. — AFP MAGONG, July 24 (AFP): Rescuers said Thursday they had recovered black boxes from the Taiwanese aircraft which crashed in torrential rain killing 48 people, as angry relatives blamed authorities for the worst air disaster in a decade.
The discovery of the black boxes-which record cockpit voice and other in-flight data-raised hopes of an answer to what caused the domestic TransAsia Airways flight to crash in Magong in the Penghu island chain Wednesday, with just 10 survivors.
The ATR 72-500 propeller plane was carrying 54 passengers and four crew members when it plunged into eight houses in Magong on its way from Kaohsiung in southwestern Taiwan, injuring five people on the ground, officials said.
Two French medical students were among the dead, the foreign ministry in Paris said.
Flight GE222 was trying to land for the second time after aborting the first attempt during thunder and heavy rain as Typhoon Matmo pounded Taiwan.
Investigators are looking into the cause of the crash, including why the plane was cleared to fly in bad weather.
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