TAIPEI — Taiwanese rescuers were searching for the chief of military staff and two others who went missing after a helicopter crashed landed on a mountain Thursday, the defense ministry said. The UH-60M helicopter carrying 13 people including chief of general staff for the military Shen Yi-ming made the crash landing in the mountains near Taipei for unknown reasons after taking off for a routine mission to visit soldiers in the northeast Yilan county ahead of the lunar new year, it said in a statement. ADVERTISEMENTThe ministry said ten people have been located alive while rescuers were searching for Shen, 62, and two others that were still missing. Read NextLATEST STORIESMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 02, 2020 03:45 UTC