Military to continue search for missing Mirage-2000

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

CNA file photo

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]

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