ALERT Taiwan civil aviation official says 53 passengers and 5 crew members were on board TransAsia plane that crashed in Taipei – @NBCNews
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An ATR-72 flying from Taipei was forced to dirch in a river after hitting an object. Link
United Airlines is considering creating a high-density Boeing 777 subfleet with 10 seats across–rather than nine–in regular economy class and a smaller than usual business class cabin, Aviation Week has learned. Link
Etihad Airways has begun operations with its recently delivered Boeing 787-9. Its initial service, from Abu Dhabi to Dusseldorf, took place Monday. Link
Passengers on a United flight from KORD to KDEN had to emergency land after passengers experienced sickness from a cabin pressure drop. Link