Soldier’s condition is improving: hospital
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/05/18
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The military said Friday that there had been no problems with the
Parachute maintenance issues were not the cause for Thursday’s accident, the military says. (By Central News Agency)
care and maintenance of a parachute used by a paratrooper who sustained severe injuries in a fall during preparations for the annual Han Kuang exercises.
Chin Liang-feng (秦良丰) jumped out of a C-130 transport plane flying at an altitude of about 1,300 feet near Taichung Thursday when his parachute failed to open. The 26-year-old was gravely injured in the fall, but his recovery was making steady progress, the Central News Agency reported Friday.
An inspection of his parachute showed that all proper safety rules had been followed, Major General Wu Li-wen (伍立文), head of the Army’s Aviation and Special Forces Command, told the media. [FULL STORY]
