""There is one more person who's more seriously wounded and two or three people in the cabin ... while two more with no signs of life.
Taiwan’s top military officer was killed in a helicopter crash on Thursday, the defence ministry said, just days before the island goes to polls to elect a new president.
It went down in the mountainous, heavily forested Wulai area southeast of the capital.Shen, 63, had taken over as chief of the general staff in July after serving as commander of Taiwan’s air force, which is undergoing a substantial upgrade with the arrival of the most advanced version of the U.S. F-16V fighter.Alexander Huang, a strategic studies professor at Tamkang University in Taiwan, who had known Shen for a decade, said he had stood out as a pilot and an officer.“He was very calm and very stable and unlike other army guys he was always smiling, so he got a specific leadership style that also made him a popular leader in the entire military,” Huang said.It will probably be months before the cause of the crash is known, but the pilots appeared to have been highly experienced.“Of course, reasonable people would think in the direction of mechanical failure or maintenance problem, but without proof you can’t say anything,” Huang said.A special government committee will look into the cause of the crash, a Defense Ministry statement said.Taiwan’s military has operated Black Hawk helicopters for decades and completed a sale for 60 additional UH-Ms from the U.S. for $3.1 billion in 2010.
He will be sorely missed," said AIT director Brent Christensen.The UH-60M helicopter carrying 13 people disappeared from radar less than 15 minutes after taking off, said Air Force Commander Hsiung Hou-chi, adding that the ministry had set up a taskforce to investigate the incident.
As chief of the general staff, Gen. Shen Yi-ming was responsible for overseeing the self-governing island’s defense against China, which threatens to use military force if necessary to annex what it considers part of its territory.The helicopter was flying from Taipei, the capital, to the northeastern city of Yilan for a New Year’s activity when it crashed.
The one that crashed was a model dedicated to search and rescue and had been delivered in 2018, according to the ministry.The loss of Shen and other high-ranking officials will require a rapid reshuffle of positions, but should have minimal effect on Taiwan’s Jan. 11 elections for president and lawmakers, said Andrew Yang, a former deputy defense minister who said Shen was highly respected throughout his career.“I don’t think the crash will have a strong impact over the elections but certainly it will affect the armed forces because so many senior officers passed away as a result of this crash,” he said.The ruling Democratic Progressive Party said in a statement on social media that all its public campaign events from now through Saturday would be canceled.“The loss of pillars of our country make us feel endless sorrow,” the statement read.The party has been strongly critical of China’s attempts to increase economic, military and diplomatic pressure.
Taiwan’s top military official was among eight people killed in an air force helicopter crash in mountainous terrain outside Taipei on Thursday, the Defense Ministry said.
Taiwan's top military official was killed in an air force helicopter crash Thursday morning that killed seven other people, the defense ministry said. Mediacorp Pte Ltd. All rights reserved. The Aviation and Special Forces Command helicopter took off at 3:25 p.m., and only three minutes into the flight, for unknown reasons, it crashed at Hsinchu Air Force Base. A Republic of China Army OH-58D Kiowa light observation helicopter crash-landed following the completion of a training sortie, fatally injuring its crew. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party will also suspend campaigning for three days.Tsai is seeking a second term against Kaohsiung city mayor Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomintang (KMT) party in the Jan 11 elections when Taiwan will also elect a new parliament.Han and the KMT also expressed condolences to the victims and announced that they will stop campaigning for two days. "Today is a day that we are deeply saddened because several of our most distinguished generals died while on official duty," Tsai said at a briefing for the incident. By clicking subscribe, I agree to receive news updates and promotional material from Mediacorp and Mediacorp's partners. Taiwan’s top military official was among eight people killed in an air force helicopter crash in mountainous terrain outside Taipei on Thursday, the Defense Ministry said. With his keen insight and good humour, he was a valued leader, colleague and friend.
"There have been a number of incidents involving Black Hawk helicopters - purchased from the United States - in recent years in Taiwan.In 2018 a chopper belonging to a government rescue agency crashed during a medical mission off outlying Orchid Island, killing six people on board in an incident attributed to human error.There were also two crash landings in 2016 and 2018 with no casualties.Washington has remained Taipei's most powerful unofficial ally and its leading arms supplier despite switching diplomatic recognition to Beijing in 1979. A military helicopter crashed at an airbase in Hsinchu in northern Taiwan on Thursday afternoon, killing the pilot and co-pilot, a military source said. "I've asked the defence minister to maintain stable military morale at this time to ensure steady military and defence operations for the safety and stability of our country.
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