Accidents
Report Says TransAsia Pilot Shut Down Wrong Engine
CVR recordings indicate confusion in cockpit
TransAsia's fleet of 10 ATR 72-600s now sit grounded after the airline ceased operations on November 22. (Photo: ATR)
TransAsia's fleet of 10 ATR 72-600s now sit grounded after the airline ceased operations on November 22. (Photo: ATR)

A factual report released late last week by Taiwan’s Aviation Safety Council concludes that the pilot flying the TransAsia ATR 72-600 that crashed into Taiwan’s Keelung River shortly after taking off from Taipei Songshan Airport on February 4 mistakenly shut down the working left engine 46 seconds after the right engine auto-feathered the number-two propeller. The aircraft, with another experienced captain sitting in the right seat, had departed Songshan Airport at 10:51 a.m. local time. The crash killed 43 of the 58 people on board the aircraft and injured two others on the ground.