BANGKOK, Feb 4 — No Thai nationals were aboard TransAsia flight GE235 that crashed into a river in northern Taiwan Wednesday morning, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Russ Jalichandra, deputy director general of the ministry’s Department of Information, said the Thailand Trade and Economic Office in Taipei confirmed the information.
At least 13 people were killed after the twin-engine short-haul plane carrying 58 people hit an elevated bridge and crashed into the Keelung River at around 10.45 am local time, according the island's Civil Aeronautics Administration. (MCOT online news)
