Likely impact point of GE222 crash discovered: investigator調查：GE222發現墜毀的可能落點

By Joy Lee ,The China Post
July 26, 2014, 12:00 am TWN

According to the ASC, burn marks were discovered in the woods that are about 200 meters away from the village that the aircraft crashed in, so the investigators did not exclude the possibility of the woods being the first point of impact.
TransAsia Airways Flight GE222 departed from Kaohsiung International Airport around 5:43 p.m. on Wednesday. A typhoon was sweeping across Taiwan on the day of the accident. Unable to land smoothly, the pilot attempted a forced landing, later crashing in a small patch of empty land 1 to 2 kilometers away from the Magong airport's landing strip, which caused the deaths of 48 passengers and injured 10 people.

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A line of trees about 500 meters away from the crash site of Flight GE222 is suspected to be the aircraft's point of impact, the Aviation Safety Council (ASC) revealed yesterday.

The ASC said that the black boxes of the aircraft that were recovered from the crash site contain the complete conversation between pilot and copilot in the 30 minutes before the crash.

According to the ASC, the data contained inside the two black boxes is being analyzed currently, and the analysis is scheduled be completed within three to five days.

The ASC said that the four minutes after the pilot told the air traffic control operator that he would try to land again will become the key focus of the investigation.

According to the ASC, a team of investigators, including experts from the aircraft manufacturer and the French authority responsible for carrying out safety investigations related to accidents or serious incidents in civil aviation, will arrive in Penghu to join the investigation today or tomorrow.

Identities of 35 Crash Victims Confirmed: CAA

The identities of 35 out of the 48 deceased victims from the crash of TransAsia Airways Flight GE222 have been confirmed, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) announced yesterday.

According to the CAA, the death certificates for 34 victims have been issued and DNA has been collected from 11 other victims in order to confirm their identities.

The CAA said that the identities of all victims will be confirmed by the end of today.

As for the transportation of bodies, the CAA said that with the consent of victims' families, seven bodies were transported to Kaohsiung yesterday and four more bodies will be sent back today.

According to Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, one injured passenger surnamed Chang, who was transported back to Kaohsiung on Thursday night, underwent a second surgery in order to stabilize his condition.

Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital said that five hospitalized passengers who suffered from minor injuries are in stable condition

調查：GE222發現墜毀的可能落點

由Joy李，中國郵政
2014年7月26日，上午12:00 TWN

台北，台灣 - 一排樹離航班GE222的墜機現場約500米處被懷疑是影響飛機的角度來看，行政院飛航安全委員會（ASC）昨日透露。

復興航空GE222航班從高雄國際機場起飛大約5:43 PM週三。颱風在台灣各地掃在事故發生當天。無法順利降落，飛行員試圖迫降，在一小片空曠的土地後轟然從馬公機場跑道1〜2公里的路程，這造成48名乘客死亡，受傷10人。

按照ASC，燒痕被發現在那些遠離這架飛機墜毀在村莊約200米的樹林裡，所以研究者並未排除的樹林被衝擊的第一個點的可能性。

ASC的說，從墜機現場已恢復飛機的黑匣子包含飛行員和副駕駛在飛機墜毀前30分鐘之間的完整對話。

據ASC的，裡面包含了兩個黑匣子中的數據目前正在分析，並分析，預計在三到五天完成。

在ASC表示，試點後的4分鐘告訴空中交通管制操作者，他將再次嘗試降落將成為調查的重點。

按照ASC，一隊調查，包括飛機製造商以及負責執行相關的民用航空事故或嚴重事故時的安全調查，法國的權威專家，將在抵達澎湖今天或明天參加調查。

35交通事故受害者身份確認：民航局

35從復興航空航班GE222墜毀的48死難者的身份已被確認，民航局（CAA）昨天宣布。