Taiwan News
Date: 2016-07-20
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The relatives of 24 Chinese citizens among 26 deaths in a bus blaze will travel to Taiwan by charter flight Thursday afternoon, a travel association said Wednesday.

A bus taking a group back to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport at the close of an eight-day tour erupted in flames and hit the railings of the No.2 Freeway. Not a single person managed to escape the blaze, leading to a death toll of 26, including the driver, a Taiwanese and a Chinese tour guide.

The group originated in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning.

Since there were no scheduled direct flights between Dalian and Taiwan on Thursday, a flight would be chartered to bring the relatives to the island, according to the Travel Agency Association of Taiwan.     [FULL  STORY]