Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-12-04
Taiwan’s air force says it is continuing to search for a Mirage 2000 that went missing on November 7th off
Defense Minister Feng Shih-kuan asks for prayers for the lost pilot. (CNA)
Taiwan’s northeastern coast.
The aircraft, piloted by by Captain Ho Tzu-yu, was on a routine training mission out of Hsinchu Air Force Base when it vanished off radar screens in the dark of night. The pilot is also missing and presumed dead.
Defense Minister Feng Shih-kuan told lawmakers on Monday that poor weather conditions have hampered the search.
Meanwhile, an air force official said search teams cannot locate a signal for the black box, or flight data recorder, in the area where they believed it was located. The official says the air force will continue and expand its search mission, using sonar. [FULL STORY]
