19 Dead, 20 Missing as Plane Crashes into River (Air Tragedy Video)

At least eight people have died after a TransAsia Airways plane clipped a bridge and crashed into a river near the Taiwanese capital, Taipei.

Fifty-eight people were on board the domestic flight, and a number of people were reportedly injured.

Rescue teams were alongside the plane trying to rescue about 30 people still trapped inside.

Footage of the plane apparently filmed from inside passing cars showed it banking sharply, hitting a taxi and clipping the bridge before crashing into the river.

Television images showed rescuers standing on large sections of broken wreckage trying to pull passengers out of the plane with ropes.

Those that were rescued were helped into dinghies and taken to shore.