Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/18
By: Liu Lee-jung and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Nov. 18 (CNA) The Republic of China (Taiwan) Air Force has announced a formal

File photo (photo courtesy of the Ministry of National Defense ROC)

request for tenders (RTF) for companies to conduct a marine salvage mission to retrieve the black box of a Mirage-2000 fighter jet that went missing on Nov. 7.

According to an unnamed Air Force official, the RTF, which was made public earlier this week, has attracted bids from more than five companies, all of which are able to locate and retrieve the black box from a depth of 100 meters.

The Air Force is scheduled to review the bids on Monday, Nov. 20. If all goes well, the contract will then be awarded and the chosen company will proceed with salvage work, weather conditions permitting, the unnamed source said.    [FULL  STORY]