Black Hawk chopper search operation to continue until Feb. 14

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/11
By: Huang Li-yun and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Feb. 11 (CNA) The search for a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter will continue

CNA file photo

until Feb. 14, the National Search and Rescue Center said Sunday, despite the apparent location of a signal from the flight’s black box.

Aircraft will make two flights daily from the National Airborne Service Corps to search from the air, while Navy and coast guard ships continue to search at sea, the center said in a statement.

The search will continue until Wednesday night, the center said.

A day earlier, the Aviation Safety Council (ASC) under the Executive Yuan located the black box signal 2 nautical miles from Lanyu, an island off Taitung County, southeastern Taiwan, close to where the Black Hawk disappeared from the radar.    [FULL  STORY]

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