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West coast planes grounded12/23/2023 ![]() In six of them, the pilot was killed or went missing. Since 1998, this was the eighth major accident involving an F-16 fighter plane. The Taiwanese coast guard and police had also joined the hunt for the jet. ![]() The air force control tower radar last spotted the fighter jet over the sea off Dongshih, Taiwan’s west coast, according to the island’s National Rescue Command Centre. President Tsai Ing-wen has instructed rescuers to do all they could to locate the jet and pilot, and that an inquiry into the incident’s cause had been ordered. The news was further confirmed by a representative for Taiwan’s presidential office, who said that search and rescue activities had been carried out. F-16 Fighting Falcon | Lockheed MartinĮyewitnesses have reported seeing the jet crash into the sea near Aogu Wetland in Chiayi’s Dongshi Township. “The single-seated F-16V (serial number 6650) operated by Captain Chen Yi took off from its home base in Chiayi at 2.55 pm for a routine training mission and went missing near the Shuaixi firing target zone at 3.23 pm,” the air force said in a statement. ![]() The pilot was apparently participating in fire training at the target zone before losing contact. The F-16V fighter lost contact with the airbase in southwestern Taiwan and the pilot is still missing, according to the island nation’s air force. A recently upgraded Taiwanese F-16V (Viper) fighter jet went missing on Tuesday during a training mission over the sea.
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