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March 11, 2015

My Opinion


  Taiwan Plane crash

   TransAsia flight 235

In 2015, a plane crash in Taiwan killed at least 32 people. The plane was a new turboprop ATR-72-600. An 72 year old man inside the plane saved 4 passengers. He said that when they were taking off, the engine sounded wrong and weird. The pilots body was found in the cockpit still holding the joystick with both hands, and with his legs badly fractured, the Taipei-based China Times newspaper said. "He struggled to hold onto the joystick till the last moment before the plane plunged into the river, in an attempt to control its direction and to reduce casualties," the report said, citing unnamed prosecutors investigating the case. I think they should change their way of training pilots. Strict piloting and teach them how to solve every possible failure. It is said that the 52 year old pilot wanted to be a professional pilot at young age. He studied really hard including English, flight and and other subjects to become a experienced pilot. The plane had just changed an engine before the incident. They hadn't have a proper engine change just so they could reduce the cost. Because of that, it killed many lives of innocent people. 

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