TAIPEI (Reuters) - A Taiwan domestic airliner disappeared from radar on Wednesday and was believed to have crashed, possibly into the sea, state television reported. The 36-seat Formosa Airlines Saab 360, carrying 12 or 13 people including three crew, disappeared two minutes after takeoff from Hsinchu south of Taipei bound for Taiwan's second city of Kaohsiung in the south, state and private media said. Asia has been hit recently by a string of aircraft disasters and only last month Taiwan had the worst air crash in the island's history In February a China Airlines Airbus A300-600R crashed in a fireball that engulfed several homes adjacent to Chiang Kai-shek International Airport outside of Taipei on February 16, killing all 196 people aboard the airliner and six on the ground. Investigators have analysed the aircraft's "black box" flight recorders but have not yet announced any conclusions about what caused the crash. All indications pointed to a crash in the Taiwan strait to the west of Hsinchu and search and rescue aircraft were dispatched to the area, aviation authorities told Reuters. The sun had already set, leaving authorities to search in darkness. The Hsinchu-Kaohsiung route had been inaugurated only three days earlier, authorities said. Further details were unavailable.