Taiwan Transportation Safety Board denies suggesting human error as possible cause of incident
Taiwan News
Date: 2020/01/06
By: Huang Tzu-ti, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Officer pays tribute to military officers who perished in helicopter crash. (CNA photo)
Reports suggest that the decision by the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB) to provide a preliminary analysis of the cause of the fatal incident has raised the ire of Ministry of National Defense (MND) officials. The ministry even reportedly vowed legal action against the individuals who were responsible for leaking the information to the public, wrote Liberty Times.
Citing the TTSB, CNA reported on Saturday (Jan. 4) that mechanical failure and turbulence could be 80 percent ruled out as the cause of last week's accident. The agency was scheduled to hand over the relevant information to the defense ministry that afternoon.
TTSB Chairperson Young Hong-tsu (楊宏智) repudiated the rumor, saying the independent investigation agency has received no such complaint from the military. The MND has also denied commenting on the matter, LTN quoted Young as saying. [FULL STORY]
