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Taipei, Jan. 16 (CNA) "Our hearts are still with him," father of Air Force Captain Chen Yi (陳奕), the F-16V pilot killed during a crash Tuesday, told CNA Sunday after he brought a framed photograph of Chen back to his home in Nantou County earlier in the day as part of a homecoming ritual for the deceased.
The crash of one of Taiwan’s most advanced fighter jets during a routine drill on Tuesday points to problems with pilot training and fatigue from responding to repeated sorties by the PLA, analysts said.
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday asked the Ministry of National Defense to swiftly investigate the cause of an F-16V jet crash on Tuesday and to provide full assistance to the family of the pilot, air force Captain Chen Yi (陳奕), who is believed dead. Presidential Office spokesman Xavier Chang (張惇涵) quoted Tsai as issuing the directive, after Chiayi County Chief Prosecutor Tsai Ying-chun (蔡英俊) late on Friday said that human remains retrieved from the crash site the previous day are from the missing pilot. A comparison of recovered tissue to a DNA sample taken from Ch...
Taipei, Jan. 14 (CNA) Chiayi County Chief Prosecutor Tsai Ying-chun (蔡英俊) confirmed late Friday that human tissue retrieved from the crash site of an F-16V fighter jet the previous day is that of missing pilot Air Force Captain Chen Yi (陳奕).
Taiwan's search and rescue teams have found what are believed to be the remains of the pilot who was flying the F-16V fighter jet of the country's Air Force that crashed off the nation's southwest coast on Tuesday, reported local media.