At least two people dead after regional airliner with 58 on board came down in Keelung river in Taipei.

TransAsia Airways flight GE235 crashed in Keeling River on Wednesday shortly after taking off from Taiwan. The Taiwanese Central Disaster Response Centre said there were 53 passengers and five crew members on board. Extraordinary footage has emerged of the plane glancing across buildings and cars shortly before it crashed into the river.

An urgent rescue mission is underway by Taiwanese emergency personnel. The Taiwanese Civil Aviation Authority said in a press conference that there were nine confirmed deaths, 18 people were injuries, and 31 people who were unaccounted for. This report is expected to change as the rescue mission continues.

Officials in Tapei say at least 9 killed in #TransAsia plane crash http://t.co/e9ztWRbMji Dozens unaccounted for pic.twitter.com/7IFKqgBjzy

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) February 4, 2015

This remarkably close image taken moments before #TransAsia crash (Credits: @Missxoxo168) http://t.co/0fOyD5zUrR pic.twitter.com/NtwdmJyZxp

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) February 4, 2015

#TRANSASIA CRASH: Plane broke into several pieces, more than 100 rescuers now on scene http://t.co/Yd3N8HTCyb pic.twitter.com/JNh51hZIWU

— Channel NewsAsia (@ChannelNewsAsia) February 4, 2015

#TransAsia: Among those onboard were crew members and 31 tourists from Mainland China heading just off the coast of South East China

— Katlego Legodi (@KatCutemo) February 4, 2015