Taiwan's military chief among eight dead in helicopter crashA rescue team searches for missing military officers after a Black Hawk helicopter made a forced landing at a mountainous area near Taipei, Taiwan January 2, 2020. SEE ALSO :Three flood rescuers killed in helicopter crash“We must find out the reason for the incident,” she told reporters in the northeastern county of Yilan, where the helicopter had been heading after setting out from Taipei. The helicopter involved in Thursday’s incident was one of 60 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters the United States sold to Taiwan in 2010, the official Central News Agency said. Although the United States has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, it is the island’s strongest international backer and main arms supplier. The incident was the latest aviation accident in Taiwan, after the 2018 crash of a Black Hawk helicopter off its east coast killed six people aboard, and the crash of an F-16 fighter jet killed a pilot the same year.

Source: Standard Digital January 02, 2020 09:22 UTC