Hopes fade for survivors in TransAsia crash

Hopes are fading any more survivors will be found after a TransAsia Airways plane crash into a river in Taiwan.

Hopes fade for survivors in TransAsia crashHopes fade for survivors in TransAsia crash

Hopes fade for survivors in TransAsia crash

Hopes are fading any more survivors will be found after a TransAsia Airways plane crashed into a river in Taiwan.

Authorities have confirmed that at least 31 of the 58 people on board have been killed.

A small child is among the 15 passengers rescued.

But as Peggy Giakoumelos reports, many more remain missing.

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