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Reporter Lin Enru / Taipei Report
The captain of the 26th Fighter Team of the Fifth Wing of the Air Force and pilot Colonel Jiang Zhengzhi piloted a single-seat F-16 fighter (# 6672) off the coast of Hualien. Defense Minister Yan Defa confirmed in an interview on (19) that the army was 14 kilometers away. At the scene, eight suspicious signals (FDR beacons) were seized from the missing ejection chair and the fuselage. Yan Defa revealed that the Coast Guard ship also found suspicious fighter skins at sea (the skin of an aircraft refers to the outer surface that covers most of its wings and fuselage). The Chinese military cooperated with private exploration and salvage companies this morning. Exploring the area of the sea where the signal was first discovered in Jiuli from the shore and taking underwater photographs.
▲ Regarding the loss of F-16 pilot Jiang Zhengzhi, Defense Minister Yan Defa stated that the preliminary investigation does not rule out a wrong space. (Photo by reporter Lin Enru)
On the 19th, the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan continued to review the “110 General Budget of the Central Government on the disclosure and confidentiality of the income and expenses of the Ministry of National Defense (excluding the part of the National Security Agency ) “. Yan Defa arrived around 10:20 am. It is understood that Yan Defa first informed President Tsai Ing-wen at the Presidential Palace about the missing part of the plane and found unidentified oil stains.
Yan Defa said the flight data receiver (FDR) received a beacon signal on the 18th at 9 nautical miles where the F-16 fighter lost contact. The FDR beacon signal is valid for 30 days. The Chuanriyi salvage ship, a professional and experienced private salvage company, already arrived at the port of Hualien at 8 a.m. and is expected to leave the port at 11 a.m., with priority given to underwater detection and photography from the signaling point 9 nautical miles. Radiation search and rescue will be carried out in the surrounding waters where the radar dot disappears in the full range, if the location of the lost connection is determined, the rescue will be performed.
Yan Defa said the depth of the signal point where the civilian probe ship plunged into the sea at Jiu Li is about 900 meters deep. The performance of the civilian probe ship is not a problem, but the signal will be intermittent, but the national army will never give up any suspicious signals. To search for some points, hoping to have good news.
When the review meeting was closed, Yan Defa also privately explained to lawmakers that the ejection seat and fuselage that were disconnected had been flagged. Yan Defa said the army has discovered eight signals and will search from the first nine points. The Navy has also sent mine hunters to search for a point and a point. He said the walrus was fine today, and the Department of Marine Patrol found some suspicious skins in the sea.
▲ Yan Defa confirmed that the black box mark of the missing F-16 fighter and suspicious skin were seized. (Photo by reporter Lin Enru)
