TransAsia Pilots Made Mayday Call Reporting Engine Flame

TransAsia Airways flight GE235 made a mayday call shortly after it took off in Taipei, Taiwan reporting an engine flame out,
TransAsia Pilots Made Mayday Call Reporting Engine Flame
Emergency personnel try to extract passengers from a commercial plane after it crashed in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. AP/Wally Santana
Cindy Drukier
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TransAsia Airways flight GE235 made a mayday call shortly after it took off from Taipei Songshan airport on Wednesday morning, reporting an engine flame out, reveal air traffic control recordings (23:25 – in Mandarin).  At a press conference, it was revealed that the left engine was recently replaced in Macau due to problems, reported Flight Global, a trade publication of the aerospace and aviation industry.

The ATR 72-600 turboprop plane is powered by a Pratt & Whitney PW100-127M engine.

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