The China Post
Date: November 8, 20174
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Taiwanese fighter jet has gone missing while flying above the
A Mirage-2000 is seen in this undated file photo. A Taiwanese fighter jet has gone missing while flying above the East China Sea north of Taiwan during a routine patrol, the air force said Wednesday. (CNA)
East China Sea north of Taiwan during a routine patrol, the air force said Wednesday.
The Mirage-2000 disappeared from radar screens just over a half-hour after taking off Tuesday evening from an air base in Hsinchu, south of the capital, Taipei, according to an air force statement.
China’s official Xinhua News Agency said navy ships and more than a dozen aircraft have been dispatched to search the area but with no result as of midday Wednesday. It said the pilot, Ko Tse-yu, joined the air force more than a decade ago and had 227 hours of flight time in Mirages.
Taiwan purchased 60 Mirage-2000 jets from France during the 1990s, despite stiff opposition from China, which claims the island as its own territory and threatens to use military force to bring it under its control. [FULL STORY]
