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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 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 …