Articles by Tim Culpan

Taiwan Power Crisis a Growing Concern for Local Industry: Opinion

I was having dinner with a friend in downtown Taipei on Tuesday night when the electricity went off for the second time that day. Workers accidentally shut off the supply of natural gas to a single power generator just a …

TransAsia Plane Crashed in February After Faulty Sensor, Errors by Pilots

A faulty connector sending inaccurate information and pilots mistakingly shutting down the wrong engine during a flameout led to the February crash of a TransAsia Airways Corp. plane, investigators said. Flight GE235 had a connector that failed to send right …

TransAsia Turboprop Crashes Near Taipei; 2nd Fatal Accident Within Year

A TransAsia Airways Corp. turboprop plane crashed into a river near Taipei moments after taking off, killing at least 19 of the 58 people on board in the second fatal accident in less than a year for the Taiwanese airline. …

TransAsia Pilots Couldn’t Find Runway Before Fatal Crash: Accident Report

Pilots of a fatal July 23 TransAsia Airways Corp. flight couldn’t find the runway seconds before their aircraft crashed on Taiwan’s outlying Penghu islands, killing 48 people, according to a recently released accident report. “Have you seen the runway?” the …

TransAsia Air Crash off Taiwan Leaves 48 Dead, 10 Injured

Forty-eight people are dead and 10 injured after a TransAsia Airways Corp. passenger plane crashed as it prepared to land on Taiwan’s outlying Penghu Islands. Flight GE222, a twin-engine ATR-72 turboprop, was making a second approach to Magong Airport when …