[Global Times reporter Cheng Dong] The Taiwan military confirmed on the 18th that the remains of the pilot Pan Yingzheng who had been involved in the crash had been found at 7 am that day, and the Taiwan Air Force’s search and rescue team’s "Black Hawk" helicopters were dispatched to assist in carrying the remains.
Two Taiwanese Air Force F-5E fighters crashed and crashed into the sea on March 22 in Xuhaihai, Pingtung. Two pilots were killed and the other was missing.
The Taiwan army then took the missing pilot Pan Yingzhe’s ejection chair found in Gangzai Village, Manzhou Township as the center point, and took the 9 kilometers long coastline from the north to the south and the mountainous area 3 kilometers to the west as the scope of implementation of maritime, intercoastal, mountainous, and mountainous areas. Underwater search operations.
At 6 o'clock in the morning of April 17, the Taiwan Marine Corps Special Search Squadron saw that the wind and waves had turned down and was about to launch into the water to continue the search. Suddenly, it saw an orange flying suit in the intertidal zone, with only skulls left, which could not be identified; the captain was on the clothes The identified military rank was confirmed to be Pan Yingchen, who was missing for 27 days.
When the remains were sent out of the fishing port, 25 rescuers lined up with red eyes and saluted and shouted: "The mission is over, I'm going home."
The Taitung District Prosecutor's Office completed the inspection procedures at about 12 noon, but due to the long time of death, the cause of death cannot be determined at present, and an autopsy will be arranged as soon as possible.
In addition, because the appearance of the remains cannot be completely identified, DNA will also be collected for comparison.
Pan Yingchen's family said, "It's fine to be able to go home."
Taiwan’s “Air Force Command” stated that it deeply regretted the death of two pilots in the accident. It has thoroughly reviewed the cause of the crash, re-examined various maintenance and repairs, and strictly required the implementation of various combat readiness training and risk management. Prevent similar accidents from happening again. It is reported that the Taiwan Air Force urgently purchased new ejection chairs, but they had to be delayed until the end of the year to replace them. Many instructors and pilots at the Taitung base would rather retreat. Taipei City Councillor Luo Zhiqiang said that some pilots’ family members complained to the media that as long as any malfunction lights were on for the T-34 and AT-3 trainers, they could not fly, but the F-5 fighters insisted on flying. “The government has money. The net-keeping army has no money to take care of the national army. Is it just because'other people's children can't die'?" He said, according to the family of pilots, when problems occur in the air, "If you don't jump, you will die, and you will die if you jump." The bitterness of family members represents the incompetence of the government and the anger of the people." Former “legislator” Sun Daqian said that when the F-5E accident happened, the DPP mayor of Taoyuan, Zheng Wencan, was still in the mood to let the cheerleaders enter the venue, and the mayor of Kaohsiung Chen Qimai was actually still interested in participating in Dagang singing; Facing the dilemma of water and electricity shortages, Tsai Ing-wen only cared about the weight of Zheng Wencan and others; the "Taroko" accident caused dozens of deaths, but Tsai Ing-wen only cared about his social media reach. He questioned that the DPP might have forgotten how to write the 8 words "the sick people are sick and the suffering people suffer"?