A passenger plane has crashed after a failed emergency landing in Taiwan, killing more than 40 people, local officials say.
The domestic TransAsia Airways flight crashed near Magong airport on the outlying Penghu island, reports said.
There were a total of 54 passengers and four crew on board, Taiwan's CNA news agency reported.
Aviation officials said flight GE222 aborted its initial landing and then crashed, local media reported.
Transport minister Yeh Kuang-Shih said that 47 people were killed and 11 were injured, CNA reported.
"It's chaotic [at] the scene," civil aviation director Jean Shen told Reuters news agency.
Firefighters and other emergency personnel are still attempting to rescue those on board.
A photo published by local media showed firefighters examining the debris, with light being shone to illuminate the wreckage in the darkness.
The plane departed from the southern municipality of Kaohsiung at 17:43 local time (09:43 GMT), but lost contact with controllers at 19:06, CNA said, citing the Civil Aviation Authority.
The plane was found at Penghu island's Xixi village in flames, local media reported.
David Vargas, a spokesman for plane manufacturer ATR, told the BBC's Chinese service: "We are aware of the crash. We are trying to get more information and confirm what went wrong."
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