Taiwan plane crash toll hits 48

Taiwanese officials yesterday defended flight clearance given to a plane which crashed in torrential rain, killing 48 people, as angry relatives blamed authorities for the worst air disaster in a decade.
The domestic TransAsia Airways flight was carrying 54 passengers and four crew members when it crashed in Magong in the Penghu island chain, with 10 survivors.
Two French medical students were among the dead, the foreign ministry in Paris said.
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