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Taiwan has grounded its 140 F-16 fighter jets after an upgraded model of the plane crashed into the sea on Tuesday, according to Anadolu Agency. The F-16V fighter jet went missing after taking a flight for routine training on Tuesday afternoon, Taiwan’s National Rescue Command Center (NRCC) said
Taipei, Jan. 12 (CNA) Family members and friends of Captain Chen Yi (陳奕), the missing pilot of an Air Force F-16V fighter which crashed into the sea on Tuesday, hailed him as a thoughtful person while expressing hope on Wednesday that he would be found soon.
Rescuers yesterday morning found debris belonging to a missing air force F-16V Block 20 jet, but there were no signs of its pilot as the search continued for a second day, the National Rescue Command Center said. What appeared to be debris from an aircraft and aircraft tires were first spotted by a military UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter at about 10:48am, the center said in a news release. It did not identify where the objects were seen. At 11:19am, the military confirmed that the debris belonged to a jet with the serial number 6650 piloted by Captain Chen Yi (陳奕). However, rescuers have
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen ordered the air force's F-16Vs to be grounded for inspection.
Search-and-rescue teams yesterday searched for an air force pilot after his F-16V Block 20 jet went missing during an afternoon bombing exercise near the coastline of Chiayi County’s Dongshih Township (東石鄉), the air force said. The search continued as of press time last evening. The single-seat jet (serial number 6650) disappeared from radar screens at 3:23pm, about 30 minutes after it took off from Chiayi Air Base, air force Inspector General Major General Liu Hui-chien (柳惠千) told a news conference in Taipei. All F-16Vs are temporarily suspended from exercises pending the comple...