Black box of missing F-16V locatedStaff writer, with CNAThe flight data recorder of an F-16V fighter jet that last week disappeared off eastern Taiwan has been located, the air force said today, adding that it would soon deploy a salvage team to try to retrieve it. Although the location of the flight data recorder, also known as the black box, had been pinned down, the aircraft's sole pilot, air force Captain Hsin Po-yi (辛柏毅), was still missing, the Air Force Command Headquarters said in a statement. Without providing details, the air force said that it had located the black box days after detecting some intermittent signals and would engage a team of professionals to retrieve it. Members of the Coast Guard Administration search for missing air force Captain Hsin Po-yi in an undated photograph. The air force subsequently set up an emergency response center and launched a search-and-rescue operation, but has not yet been able to find Hsin or the aircraft.

Source: Taipei Times January 15, 2026 04:53 UTC