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Taiwan confirms plane has crashed into sea
Taiwan has confirmed that a China Airlines plane, carrying 225 people, has crashed into the sea while en route from Taiwan to Hong Kong.
After presiding over a meeting of the government's emergency response team, Premier Yu Shyi-kun said the Boeing 747-200 had gone down off the island of Penghu, about 50 kilometres west of Taiwan.
Mr Yu conceded that life jackets have been found by rescuers.
Six helicopters and 10 coastguard and naval vessels have been sent to the area to search for survivors.
An airport spokesman said the plane had earlier disappeared from the radar, about 20 minutes after taking off from Taipei.
Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek airport said it had not received any messages of distress from the pilots before the plane crashed.
Those on board include190 Taiwanee, 14 from Hong Kong and Macau, one Singaporean and an European.
25/05/2002 23:01:33 | ABC Radio Australia News
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