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Gibraltar’s new Commander British Forces takes up his new post tomorrow [June 30]. Commodore Tom Guy, who succeeds Commodore Steve Dainton, brings to the Rock experience from a broad range of operational, staff and command roles ashore and afloa...

Kaohsiung, June 22 (CNA) Taiwan's Navy said Wednesday said it has grounded all of its S-70C helicopters, pending safety checks, after one of them crashed in Kaohsiung City earlier in the day, leaving the four crew members injured, one in critical condition.

Four crew members were yesterday injured when a Sikorsky S-70C anti-submarine helicopter crashed at the Zuoying Naval Base (左營) in Kaohsiung, allegedly due to malfunctioning equipment. The crew chief, a sergeant major surnamed Liu (劉), was injured the most severely, with second and third-degree burns on 90 to 95 percent of their body, the Ministry of National Defense Navy Headquarters Command said yesterday. The helicopter was conducting trial flight maneuvers when it landed heavily on the runway and burst into flames, the ministry said. A statement released late yesterday evening said t...

By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNAFour crew members were yesterday injured when a Sikorsky S-70C anti-submarine helicopter crashed at the Zuoying Naval Base （左營） in Kaohsiung, allegedly due to malfunctioning equipment.