( Observer Network News) According to Taiwanese media reports, today (16th), Taipei District Court announced the compensation plan for the case of Taiwan Air Force pilots who died in the line of duty during the "Wan'an Exercise" in 2018, and sentenced the island's air force to compensate The pilot's parents paid a total of NT$4.66 million (approximately RMB 1.07 million), but the Air Force Command believed that the collision was caused by the pilot's "personal factors" and refused to compensate and said it would appeal.
According to Taiwanese media reports, on June 4, 2018, Taiwan Air Force Major Wu Yanting flew a F-16 fighter to participate in the "Wan'an 41" exercise. It took off from Hualien as an imaginary enemy, carried out a simulated attack on Keelung Port as planned and then returned. , disappeared from the radar light spot at around 1:43 pm, and lost contact in the airspace near Keelung . The military immediately launched a search and rescue.
Not long after, hikers discovered that the fighter plane driven by Wu Yanting had crashed in Wufenshan Mountain in New Taipei City. The military found fragments of his major's shoulder insignia and military uniform. The body parts at the scene were sent for examination the next day, and it was confirmed that he died in the line of duty. He was only 31 years old, and Wu Yanlin remained. He gave birth to his wife and young children, and the family of three was broken up.
After the accident, Wu Yanting's parents sued the Air Force. He claimed that on the day of the incident, his son returned as planned according to the original plan. Unexpectedly, the commander of the Air Force Command temporarily changed the return course. In addition, he was originally approaching the target at low altitude and was affected by clouds. His eyes could not see the front. He requested to climb twice but failed to wait until the commander By the time the personnel were allowed to climb, it was already too late, causing a major accident.
’s family members believe that the commander of the Air Force Tactical Control Wing made mistakes, including not checking the implementation plan before the mission, the mission aircraft called twice to request climbing but was not allowed, and did not check the ground barrier standard operation process.
In addition, the two pointed out that the accident caused the wreckage of the fighter plane to be scattered hundreds of meters, and their son's body was also blown up. They only recovered 12 fragments and it was difficult to piece together the whole body. As parents, they were severely traumatized both physically and mentally, and they asked the authorities to compensate for funeral expenses. , alimony, spiritual comfort payment, etc. totaling NT$22 million (approximately RMB 5.04 million).
At the beginning of last year, the " Supervisory Office " on the island impeached five commanders involved in the case, believing that they were too careless before the mission, had a wrong understanding of the ground obstacles, and ignored the safety regulations that "the entire process must not be lower than an absolute height of 2,000 feet." Unknown to everyone, before the incident, Wu Yanting had twice requested to climb higher but was still not allowed, eventually causing him to crash into the mountain.
Today, multiple Taiwanese media reported that the Taipei District Court found that the military refused to provide accident investigation and other information on the grounds of confidentiality, but could not prove that it was not at fault or was derelict in its duties. It ordered the Air Force Command to compensate Wu Yanting’s parents a total of NT$4.66 million. Taiwan dollars (approximately RMB 1.07 million), and can be appealed. Taiwan media said that because this case involved military secrets, the court did not disclose the complete verdict. The court only released a summary of the judgment that the judge found that the burden of proof was reversed, calculated the amount of compensation, etc. and did not involve confidentiality.
It can be seen in the judgment that during the trial, the Air Force Command first blamed the cause of the collision on the Civil Aviation Administration, believing that the airspace control coordinates demarcated by the Civil Aviation Administration personnel were wrong, causing the airspace of civil aircraft and military aircraft to overlap, and even more It violated the principle of priority use of airspace by military aircraft and affected the commander's notification of fighter aircraft to climb.
He later pointed out that after Wu Yanting was informed that he could climb, he had 20 seconds to cross the mountain. This was plenty of time. Therefore, it can be seen that the accident was caused by his "personal factors" and the authorities were not responsible for compensation.
He added that even if there is liability for compensation, Wu Yanting's parents have already received insurance benefits of NT$10 million (approximately RMB 2.29 million) and military insurance benefits of NT$910,000 (approximately RMB 210,000). Being able to live a good life should be deductible.
After the court announced the amount of compensation, the Air Force Command stated that it refused to compensate and would appeal again.
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