TransAsia Plane Crash Landing 'Kills 51'

Taiwan plane crash

Local television is broadcasting pictures of the crash (pic: TVBS)

A TransAsia Airlines plane has made an emergency landing in Taiwan killing 51 people and injuring seven.

The aircraft reportedly came down in the Penghu Islands off the western coast of Taiwan.

Authorities said the plane, carrying 58 people including four crew, crashed near the airport on the outlying Penghu island.

"Fifty-one people are feared dead and seven people injured," Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration Shen Chi told reporters, but the local fire chief put the death toll at 45. 

Taiwan media is reporting the plane was flying a domestic route.

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