TransAsia Airways Flight 222

TransAsia Airways Flight 222 (GE222/TNA222) was a scheduled domestic flight from Kaohsiung International Airport to Magong Airport on 23 July 2014. It had 54 passengers and 4 crew members on board. It crashed at Magong, Penghu Island when it was trying to land. 49 people died in the crash. It tried a go-around after it failed to land on its first try. It crashed at Huxi and caused a fire involving two homes.  Typhoon Matmo also passed through Taiwan and caused a heavy thunderstorm and rain. 

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