More bodies were found on Saturday following a plane crash earlier in the week in Taipei, bringing the confirmed death toll to 39, according to the Civil Aeronautics Administration, as investigators revealed their initial findings. TransAsia Airways flight GE235 crashed into the Keelung river shortly after takeoff Wednesday from Taipei's Songshan Airport with 58 people on board, dpa reported. The accident also injured a taxi driver and passenger on a bridge, the Central News Agency reported. Four bodies were found between 100 meters and 1 kilometer downstream from the crash site, according to the Taipei City Fire Department. One of the bodies was in TransAsia Airways uniform and it was soon identified as a 26-year-old female crew member Yeh Jia-jing. A total of 828 rescuers, including 158 divers, continued to search for missing victims in the river, Taipei Fire Department interim chief Wu Chun-hung said. Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council said Friday that the twin-engine ATR 72 turboprop lost power in the air. The aircraft crashed about three and half minutes after takeoff, an initial examination of the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder suggested. The pilots attempted to restart the engines but failed, Aviation Safety Council chief Thomas Wang said. Wang said investigators were not yet able to tell why the engines shut down.
