A Taiwanese F-16 fighter took off from Hualien on the evening of the 17th and lost contact during a night flight training. At the time of writing, the search and rescue failed. According to Taiwan media reports, on the evening of the 18th, Taiwan Air Force Commander Xiong Houji held a press conference to explain the latest investigation progress. He said that after the preliminary investigation, the possibility of mechanical failure is low. According to the existing radio communication records and aircraft maintenance experience, the operation of the various systems of the aircraft was normal before takeoff, and the aerial radio did not report mechanical abnormality. recording.
According to the radio communication records and fighter maintenance experience released by the Taiwan Air Force, the F-16 fighter that lost contact on the evening of the 17th was all normal before takeoff, and the radar trajectory showed that the fighter was at 18:06:07 on the evening of the 17th. The altitude is 7000 meters, and the altitude drops to 0 directly after 20 seconds, which is already sea level. Z1z
Taiwan Air Force Commander Xiong Houji also stated that the operating environment was dark at the time, the aircraft entered the cloud during the climb, and turning in the cloud did not rule out the illusion that caused the space to lose track. The space illusion is simply an illusion, which is mainly manifested as the flight status perceived or judged by the pilot, which does not match the actual status of the aircraft.
In response to this incident, someone on the island claimed that it was the PLA military planes frequently patrolling the airspace around Taiwan that made the Taiwan military pilots exhausted. Some people even said that it was because of the PLA military planes appearing in the airspace southwest of Taiwan. To this end, Taiwan Air Force Commander Xiong Houji emphasized at the press conference that there is no direct connection. The deployment of troops in Taiwan’s southwest airspace is all planned by Chiayi F-16, Tainan’s IDF, and Pingtung Base to take on air security missions, and will not affect normal training at Hualien Base. Before attending the event on the morning of the 18th, Tsai Ing-wen also held an urgent press conference to respond to the matter. When Tsai Ing-wen talked about the search and rescue situation, he didn't even figure out the name of the pilot and read it twice in front of the media.
