• Black box data will need to be cross-referenced with other information, including maintenance records, health of pilots and other factors
• 80 per cent of potential mechanical factors ruled out

South China Morning Post
Date: 6 Jan, 2020
By: Sarah Zheng

Taiwan’s public may have to wait a year to learn the details of what happened in the Black Hawk helicopter crash  which killed eight senior military officials, including chief of staff Shen Yi-ming, according to the island’s air force.

Investigators earlier confirmed they had retrieved data from the chopper’s black box, while officials from the Taiwan Transport Safety Board (TTSB) said over the weekend they had ruled out 80 per cent of potential mechanical factors in the crash which killed eight of the 13 military personnel on board.

The UH-60M Black Hawk fell off radar screens less than 15 minutes after taking off from Songshan Airport in Taipei. The wreckage of the craft was located a few hours later in the mountainous region of northern New Taipei county’s Wulai district.    [FULL  STORY]