PHOTOS: Dramatic dashcam video shows plane crash in Taiwan

Wednesday, February 4, 2015
A dashcam video captures the moment a commercial plane carrying 58 passengers crashed in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (Lin Ming-Huang/Facebook)
A dashcam video captures the moment a commercial plane carrying 58 passengers crashed in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (Lin Ming-Huang/Facebook)
A dashcam video captures the moment a commercial plane carrying 58 passengers crashed in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (Lin Ming-Huang/Facebook)
A dashcam video captures the moment a commercial plane carrying 58 passengers crashed in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (Lin Ming-Huang/Facebook)
A dashcam video captures the moment a commercial plane carrying 58 passengers crashed in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (Lin Ming-Huang/Facebook)
A dashcam video captures the moment a commercial plane carrying 58 passengers crashed in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (Lin Ming-Huang/Facebook)
A dashcam video captures the moment a commercial plane carrying 58 passengers crashed in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (Lin Ming-Huang/Facebook)
A dashcam video captures the moment a commercial plane carrying 58 passengers crashed in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (Lin Ming-Huang/Facebook)
Crews work to rescue survivors of a crash of a commerical plane with 58 passengers in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (AP)
Crews work to rescue survivors of a crash of a commerical plane with 58 passengers in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (AP)
Crews work to rescue survivors of a crash of a commerical plane with 58 passengers in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (AP)
Crews work to rescue survivors of a crash of a commerical plane with 58 passengers in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (AP)
Crews work to rescue survivors of a crash of a commerical plane with 58 passengers in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (AP)
Crews work to rescue survivors of a crash of a commerical plane with 58 passengers in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (AP/ Wally Santana)
Crews work to rescue survivors of a crash of a commerical plane with 58 passengers in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (AP/ Wally Santana)
Crews work to rescue survivors of a crash of a commerical plane with 58 passengers in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (AP/ Wally Santana)
Crews work to rescue survivors of a crash of a commerical plane with 58 passengers in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (AP/ Wally Santana)
Crews work to rescue survivors of a crash of a commerical plane with 58 passengers in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (AP/ Wally Santana)
Crews work to rescue survivors of a crash of a commerical plane with 58 passengers in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (AP/ Wally Santana)
Crews work to rescue survivors of a crash of a commerical plane with 58 passengers in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (AP/ Wally Santana)
Crews work to rescue survivors of a crash of a commerical plane with 58 passengers in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (AP/ Wally Santana)
A dashcam video captures the moment a commercial plane carrying 58 passengers crashed in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. (AP/ Lin Ming-Huang/Facebook)
A dashcam video captures the moment a commercial plane carrying 58 passengers crashed in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday.



The Associated Press reported that 18 people were missing after a commercial plane crash that killed at least 25 others. Rescuers used a crane to hoist a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan's capital late Wednesday as they searched into the night.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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