BLACK HAWK DOWN: A Sikorsky S-70C helicopter that was engaged in the search mission had to return yesterday evening because of an unknown instrument failure
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 07, 2018
By: Hsiao Yu-hsin, Chen Yi-yun, Aaron Tu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writer
A National Airborne Services Corps (NASC) rescue helicopter that went missing at about
A National Airborne Services Corps UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, which went missing off Orchid Island (Lanyu) in the early hours of yesterday, is pictured in an undated photograph. Photo: National Airborne Services Corps / CNA
midnight yesterday when evacuating a medical patient from Orchid Island (Lanyu, 蘭嶼) was still missing as of press time last night.
Although a search-and-rescue operation was being conducted, there was no sign of the helicopter and the six people onboard — three crew, an emergency medical technician, the patient and a family member of the patient.
At about 11:50pm on Monday, the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter with tail number NA-706 took off in poor weather, sources said, adding that it vanished from radar and radio contact and was lost within minutes.
Its last known location was 2 nautical miles (3.7km) southwest of Orchid Island, sources said.
At 1:26am yesterday, the National Rescue Command Center began moving helicopters and ships to the area, including NASC and air force helicopters, a Lafayette-class frigate and five coast guard vessels. [FULL STORY]
