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Taipei, March 24 (CNA) Taiwan's Air Force said Thursday it was waiting for the weather and sea conditions to stabilize before starting work on the salvage of a Mirage 2000 fighter jet that crashed earlier this month off the country's east coast.
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).