On March 22, according to Taiwan media reports, two F-5E fighters from the Taiwan Air Force’s Zhihang Base accidentally collided during tactical training off the coast of Pingtung. The pilots of the two fighters parachuted and are currently searching.
According to reports, two fighter planes took off from the Zhihang base, 37.5 nautical miles southeast of the Air Force Zhihang base. It is suspected that due to an air collision, the two fighter planes fell into the sea and the pilots named Pan and Luo parachuted. One of them has been found The pilot surnamed Luo passed away unfortunately after being rushed to the hospital.
According to the report from the Taiwan Search and Rescue Command Center, the Taiwan Defense Department reported that at 2:30 pm today (March 22), four Air Force F-5E fighters took off from the Taitung Zhihang base for training missions. At 3:6 pm, Among them, two F-5Es (1 pilot each) were suspected of colliding and crashing into the sea in the air, and the location was 1.4 nautical miles from the shore of Xuhai Fishing Port in Mudan Township, Pingtung City.
The search and rescue center has dispatched Black Hawk search and rescue aircraft and maritime cruise ships, and the aircrew cockpits are waiting for duty during the inter-shore search for Taitung and Pingtung firefighters.
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