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NEWS Korean Air to launch direct flights to Rome and Milan in Italy

Korean Air has announced it will change the current service on its Seoul Incheon-Milan-Rome–Incheon route, to provide direct flights to both Milan and Rome, offering three flights a week to each destination, with Milan increasing to four times a week in March. The changes will come into effect on February 25th 2015. The Rome service…

ALERT Pilot of TransAsia flight named as 42-year-old Jianzong Liao; co-pilot named as 45-year-old Zizhong Liu – Taiwan's CAA

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ALERT Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration: TransAsia plane was 9 months old; checked last on Jan. 26, 2015 – @NBCNews

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ALERT Rescue team member say water around plane crash is not clean and rescuers cannot see clearly underwater, not sure if there are passengers underwater in the plane – @NBCNews

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NEWS TransAsia Airways plane crash kills scores in Taipei

More than a dozen people are fear killed after a TransAsia Airways plane clipped a bridge and crashed in Taipei. Flight GE235 came down in the Keelung River in the centre of the Taiwanese capital.

ALERT Map showing where TransAsia Airways flight GE235 crashed in Taipei's Keelung river – @AFP

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ALERT At least 170 emergency staff have been deployed, including rescue vehicles, to assist in the ongoing rescue operation, Taiwan's disaster response agency says – @TODAYonline

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ALERT 31 passengers were Chinese nationals from mainland China; remaining passengers were Taiwanese, TransAsia CEO Xinde Chen says – @NBCNews

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NEWS NTSB releases report on fatal Boeing 747 crash in Afghanistan

The National Transportation Safety Board released their first public factual report for the ongoing investigation into the April 29, 2013 crash of a National Airlines Boeing 747 at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Link

ALERT 31 Chinese passengers on board crashed Taiwan plane – @XHNews

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VIDEO Live coverage of TransAsia #GE235 crash