World | Taiwan 47 Dead as Plane Crash-Lands in Taiwan Reports: TransAsia flight caught fire after failed emergency landing By Jenn Gidman Posted Jul 23, 2014 8:41 AM CDT Updated Jul 23, 2014 10:19 AM CDT Copied A relative of a passenger on TransAsia Airways flight GE222 that crashed on Penghu reacts at the flight's departure airport in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. (AP Photo) Forty-seven people are being reported dead after a TransAsia Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing today and caught fire near an airport in Penghu, an island off the coast of Taiwan, reports the South China Morning Post. There were 58 people aboard the ATR-72 turboprop when it ran into bad weather stemming from a typhoon that earlier hit the region; 11 are reported injured. The emergency landing was the aircraft's second attempt, and it is said to have hit at least one residential building. Read These Next Beyonce leaves national anthem unfinished. Musk says his new party is in business. See the best BBQ cities in the US. A space capsule carrying ashes of 160 people crashed in the ocean. Get breaking news in your inbox. What you need to know, as soon as we know it. Sign up Report an error