The Taiwanese chief of staff and seven other officers died on Thursday in a helicopter accident near Taipei, Taiwan. The spacecraft, a Black Hawk, crashed into a mountainous area, said the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense. At the time of the accident, General Shen Yi-ming, 62, was going to visit soldiers with other officers, based in Yilan County, northeast of the island.
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"Five of them survived while the other eight colleagues on board were killed," the aviation commander told reporters. “We are deeply sad… and send our condolences to their families. "
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has canceled all events related to her presidential campaign for the next three days. "As commander-in-chief, President Tsai and her cabinet will focus on relief operations and try to determine the causes of this incident," said her services. The ballot is to be held on January 11.
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