Source: New Fujian
The F-16 fighter piloted by Captain Jiang Zhengzhi of the 26th Combat Team of the Taiwan Air Force Hualien Base crashed off the coast of Hualien at 6 pm on the 17th. It was also reported that a foreman of the 26th Team committed suicide in the dormitory of the camp. After discovering it, the officers and soldiers of the unit immediately sent him to the Taiwan Army Hualien General Hospital for emergency treatment, but he was still pronounced dead.
F-16 fighter jet
The Taiwan Air Force Command stated that Officer Huang was in charge of ground equipment and had nothing to do with the crash of the fighter plane. The outside world was urged not to speculate; in addition, the Taiwan Air Force has assigned cadres to accompany and assist family members to handle related matters, and will cooperate with subsequent inspections. Investigate to clarify the cause, and at the same time require all units to strengthen the promotion of respect for life education and psychological counseling to avoid similar cases from happening again.
Why the foreman of the aircraft committed suicide remains to be investigated. However, the foreman of the aircraft was not responsible for repairing the crashed fighter plane, but was responsible for general ground maintenance work. After preliminary understanding, Officer Huang Tu’s suicide had nothing to do with the crash of the fighter plane, and the 26th team continued After the unfortunate incident, the atmosphere at the Hualien Air Force Base fell into a downturn. The military was worried about the impact on morale and has sent psychological counselors to the airport to provide counseling for all air forces.
It is also reported that the Taiwan military continues to search for the missing F-16 fighter jets off the coast of Hualien. The head of Taiwan’s defense department, Yan Defa, said yesterday that the first phase of the search and positioning has made concrete progress, and the second phase will use sonar, , and audio listening. Using underwater cameras, the "tri-services-in-one" strategy was used to integrate all the forces and methods of the military, civilians and the "government". At the same time, the salvage operation schedule was accelerated according to weather conditions, and the missing pilots and fighter aircraft were recovered as soon as possible.
Yan Defa was concerned about the progress of fighter plane search and rescue. Yesterday, accompanied by Taiwan Air Force Commander Xiong Houji, Deputy Chief Li Tingsheng and others, he arrived at the "Search and Rescue Response Center" of the Fifth Wing of the Air Force to listen to the special search and rescue report, understand the current search and rescue progress, and provide specific work guidance.
The first phase of the search and rescue mission of the Taiwan military successfully detected the aircraft crash remaining recorder CSFDR (black Box) signal (37.5kHz), and at the same time, many underwater metal reactions were found in nearby waters, making important discoveries in search and positioning missions.
Yan Defa said that now that the exact underwater position has been grasped, the focus of the second phase of the follow-up task will be to use sonar and listening devices to master the calibration position, activate underwater cameras, etc. After confirming it as a target object, although weather factors may not However, we still need to do our best to shorten the salvage operation time and recover the wreckage as soon as possible for analysis, so as to explore the overall cause and restore the truth of the accident.
