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Thursday, 11/19/2020 14:15 PM (GMT + 7)
Taiwanese media sources sources for a former pilot, saying the F-16 fighter plane crash on the island was caused by a root cause from China.
Taiwan has temporarily stopped flying all F-16 fighters.
On November 17, a Taiwanese F-16 crashed just two minutes after taking off from the Hualien base. The plane was on a training mission.
The incident occurred just 20 days after a Taiwanese F-5E crashed due to an engine malfunction. Taiwan has yet to find the pilot of the F-16 fighter and is still working hard to find it.
A former Taiwanese pilot surnamed Thai said he believes the two recent plane crashes were due to pressure from the Chinese military. The Taiwanese fighters had to go out more, increase their vigilance with the Chinese planes, directly affecting the resistance of the pilot.
However, Taiwanese military officer Chang Che-ping denied this possibility, saying that the accident was likely due to a technical factor.
Chang said the Taiwanese fighters to classify the Chinese planes were generally from the Chiayi base, not the Hualien.
Taiwan has purchased about 150 US F-16 fighters since 1992 and first put them into service in 1997. Since then, there have been 8 F-16 fighter crashes in Taiwan.
Most of the planes crashed during a training mission at sea overnight. In such conditions, the pilot is very easy to mistake the sky and the water surface, according to the Hoan Cau Times.
Taiwan banned the 150 F-16s from flying until the cause of the crash was discovered on November 17. According to Hoan Cau, another reason that easily leads to a plane crash is improper maintenance.
Tensions in the Taiwan Strait have recently escalated, following a series of high-level visits by US officials to the island.
In October alone, the Chinese army had 25/31 days to fly the plane near the island. Chinese fighters also approached Taiwan on November 18.
According to Hoan Cau, blaming China for the F-16 crash is an excuse to cover up that the Taiwanese pilot still doesn’t have much experience.
“Taiwan’s training capacity and combat ability are only a fraction of that of China,” said military expert Song Zhongping in the Hoan Cau newspaper.
With the ban on 150 F-16 fighters, Taiwan will temporarily rely on domestic aircraft such as the AIDC F-CK-1. The combat capability of this aircraft is far inferior to the F-16 and further undermines Taiwan’s efforts to defend the island, according to Hoan Cau.
Source: http: //danviet.vn/thuc-hu-trung-quoc-khien-dai-loan-cho-150-chiec-f-16-mua-cua-my-dung-hoat-dong …
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