Wen Weizhong Taipei Special Commissioner
The two F-5E fighters in Taiwan crashed in the air and crashed in the sea outside Pingtung. The two pilots died and disappeared.Interviewed military experts believe that it seems that it is purely training accidents. The key is to do maintenance and training to avoid tragedy.
The accident occurred at 3:18 pm the day before yesterday. After the two F-5E fighter aircraft launched from the Taitung Zhihang Base, the two F-5E fighters disappeared at the Eastern 1.4 nautical miles radar light spot in the Xuhai Fishing Port in Pingtung.
The missing pilot is Lieutenant Pan Ying, who is 28 -year -old, and the 26 -year -old Lieutenant Luo Shanghua.The helicopter rescued Luo Shanghua from the sea at 4:41. He still had parachutes on him and transferred to Taitung Maji Hospital for rescue.He was found to have intracranial hemorrhage in the head, and the central nervous shock was killed.
Search and rescue commander Zhang Mingde confirmed yesterday afternoon that he found a flying helmet and preliminary judgment was the equipment used by Pan Ying.
Both pilots are counted as new marriage. Luo Shanghua just registered for marriage on the 5th of this month. His wife has been pregnant for two months.Pan Ying was married in October last year, and her son was born last month.
In recent years, the frequency of military aircraft crashed in Taiwan has caused attention. Many people in the field point the cause of the crash to the Taiwan military aircraft frequently into the Taiwan airspace, adding pressure to Taiwan pilots and logistics.
Father Zhao Shaokang, a senior media person with soldiers, expressed distress on this, thinking that the old fighter aircraft could not fight against the PLA's advanced fighter aircraft, and should not "hit the stone with eggs".Relief for thousands of miles, first completed the deployment of the "UAV Tactics" in the mainland.
However, three Taiwan military experts pointed out to Lianhe Zaobao in an interview that according to the information currently held, it can only be judged that this is a training accident.It is far -fetched if it is caused by the PLA's disturbance of the army and the old military aircraft.
The Secretary-General and researcher of the China Strategic Power Association of Taiwan National Defense Policy, Jie Zhong pointed out that in the F-5E fleet of the Outside Sea in Taitung, the task is to be responsible for the army training of the Air Force pilot graduates."After completing the training, the pilots will be assigned other tasks to drive other models such as F-16 or illusions fighters. The PLA recently moved in the Southwest airspace to indeed increase pressure on the overall air force.As preferred with the Air Force Base in the south, pilots who receive training in the east are the least stressful. "
Jiezhong said that the F-5E fighter aircraft is old, but the current maintenance meets the standard and the risk is still controllable."The B-52 bomber in the United States has also been more than 50 years old, but because of strict implementation and maintenance, tasks are still effectively implemented."
Yang Yusheng, a senior writer of the Asia-Pacific Defense Magazine, also pointed out that the F-5E is regularly maintained and cannot be found."No one wants to happen in this training accident. Combat training is risky. You can't catch the net for three days for two days. You can only be careful. Now the most important thing is to search and rescue the disappearance, and strengthen review and training."
Yang Yusheng pointed out that the day of the accident was the first day when the Taiwan Army's "Battle Reserve Week" was performed in the first quarter of this year.
Ding Shufan, a honorary professor at the School of International Affairs of Taiwan Politburo, also believes that the accident has nothing to do with the old fighter and the interception of main military aircraft."This is an unfortunate accident during tactical training. It is important to strengthen the training link. Military countries such as the United States also have a military crash. At this stage, there is no need to over -interpret and criticize."
Huang Zhiwei, Chief of Staff of the Taiwan Air Force, has announced the night before that except for aircraft that performs alert or fighting preparation mission, all the remaining military aircraft stopped flying for three days to conduct "Tianan Special Inspection".The military will also comprehensively check the ejection seats of the fighter and strengthen pilot training.
