Lieutenant General Sun Chang-te says strong, excessive waves responsible for unfortunate mishap

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/07/06
By: Kelvin Chen, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Lieutenant General Sun Chang-te (孫常德), director of political warfare at the Naval Command, said Monday (July 6) that a comprehensive assessment of Friday's marine training accident ruled out a human or mechanical error, while environmental factors, including increasingly strong and excessive swells, were identified as the main causes of this unfortunate incident.

The Navy was conducting a joint landing operation when a rubber boat carrying seven marines capsized near Taoziyuan Beach in Zuoying District, Kaohsiung, CNA reported.
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