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Taiwan plane crash: Public mourning Feb 10

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Last Updated : Feb 07 2015 | 3:05 PM IST

A public memorial ceremony will be held Feb 10 in Taiwan's capital Taipei to mourn the victims of the TransAsia Airways flight that crashed Wednesday, officials said Saturday.

Flight GE235, en route to Kinmen from Taipei with 53 passengers on board, crashed in the Keelung river Wednesday after its wing clipped a taxi on an elevated freeway 10 minutes after takeoff, Xinhua news agency reported.

At least 35 people, including 25 tourists from China, were killed.

Seven passengers and one flight attendant are still missing.

Fifteen people survived the crash.

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First Published: Feb 07 2015 | 3:00 PM IST

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