According to Taiwan media reports, the F-16V that fell into the sea by the fourth wing of the Taiwan Air Force has been confirmed to have disintegrated, and the Taiwan Air Force has dispatched helicopters from the calibration position, and the pilot Chen Yi has not been found.
The Taiwan military mobilized to search for the wreckage of the plane Pictured from taiwan media
According to the Taiwan media "United News Network" on 12 January, the F-16V single-seat fighter plane of the Taiwan Air Force Fourth Wing crashed into the sea to search for rescue; this morning (12 January), several fishermen successively found wreckage at a beach 1 kilometer outside the outpost on the north bank of the Dongshi'aogu Wetland in Jia County, confirming that it should have disintegrated; Taiwan's defense department reported at 11:19 that the wreckage of the aircraft body had been found, but no pilot had been found.
According to the report, the Taiwan military mobilized from the embankment to the open sea, and the helicopter also calibrated its position, and it was necessary to use the hanging method to first look for the pilot Chen Yi.
Taiwan military search and rescue helicopters hoisted search and rescue personnel along the chiayi coast in the morning to salvage the wreckage of the F-16V Picture from Taiwan media
According to reports, the F-16V had an accident during training at the Dongshixiang Shuixi Range, and the location of the crash was on the north side of the range, and the location where the wreckage was found today was also near the range, which was 1 km to the outer sea on the north side of the embankment, and is currently shallow.
According to the "United News Network", the first fisherman who found it said that when assisting in the search, a large piece of item was found and given to Taiwan military personnel, which was confirmed to be a wreckage, and another fisherman said that he usually works here and has helped to assist in the search, and the fighter should be nearby and will not float to the sea outside the Yunlin Forest. According to another report by the "United News Network" on the 12th, 4 pieces have been found one after another, and the Taiwan military has preliminarily determined that it should be the airframe. The Taiwan military has mobilized on foot to expand the search, waiting for the tide to recede at noon, and it is expected that more discoveries will be made.
At present, the Taiwan Air Force has calibrated the position and found the wreckage of the aircraft body, but the pilot has still not been found, and the air force ambulance team helicopter is now dispatched to give priority to the rescue of the pilot in the form of suspension. The report mentioned that Taiwan military personnel said that there were beacon positioning on the fighter plane, the signal was weak, and the instrument search and positioning was used to determine that the fighter plane had little chance of being drifted to the open sea by the ocean current, and that it might fall into the sea and be planted in the sludge of the oyster shed.
According to another report by the "China Times News Network" on the 12th, the pilot's family members went to the scene of the Water Creek Shooting Range at about 1 p.m. today, did not have any speech, and immediately entered the temporary command post at the scene.
According to a previous report by the Observer Network, a single-seat F-16V fighter at the Chiayi Base of the Taiwan Air Force crashed into the sea during the ground-based artillery attack training on the 11th, and Captain Chen Yi did not parachute during the crash. At the time of the incident, the pilot had continued to press the microphone button of the aircraft, which was very abnormal.
This Taiwan army No. 6650 F-16 is 24 years old, and it is also an "old acquaintance" of our army, and it flew with our army's bomber-6K bomber in 2018.