Wreckage of TransAsia Airways plane Flight GE235 is transported on the back of a truck after it crash landed into a river, in New Taipei City, February 5, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
TAIPEI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Pilots at Taiwan's TransAsia Airways <6702.TW> are being tested on how they handle an engine failure and subsequent emergency, days after the fatal crash of one of the airline's ATR 72-600s, an official from the country's aviation regulator said.
Initial data from the flight recorders indicates the plane lost power in one engine just after take-off from Taipei's Songshan airport, Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council (ASC) said on Friday..
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