Taiwanese plane crashes with 16 on board

August 9, 1997
Web posted at: 11:21 p.m. EDT (0321 GMT)

TAIPEI, Taiwan (CNN) -- A passenger plane with 16 people on board crashed Sunday morning on Matsu island, according to a report on Taiwanese state radio.

No survivors have been found, the report said.

The plane belonged to Formosa Airlines, a Taiwanese domestic airline. It was on a flight from the capital, Taipei, to Matsu, a Taiwanese island near the coast of mainland China.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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