Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/05/12
By: Liu Lee-jung and Lee Hsin-Yin
Taipei, May 12 (CNA) The military said Saturday that it will continue to search for the
Mirage 2000 fighter piloted by Captain Ho Tzu-yu (何子雨), which went missing during a flight training sortie last November.
Air Force Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Chang Yen-ting (張延廷) said the military will not give up hope of finding Ho, who lost contact with the control tower at 6:43 p.m. Nov. 7 around 60 nautical miles north of Pengjia Islet (彭佳嶼), north of Taiwan.
Ho is part of the Hsinchu-based 499th Tactical Fighter Wing and went missing during a regular nighttime training exercise.
The military has only been able to locate where the jet lost contact, but has not found either Ho or his aircraft. [FULL STORY]