Taiwanese fishermen who picked up the wreckage of the crashed fighter jet were also found in the backpack of the missing pilot

Source: Overseas Network

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Overseas network on January 12, a F-16V fighter plane at the Chiayi Base of the Radio Air Force crashed into the sea on the afternoon of the 11th, the pilot was missing, some fishermen found the wreckage of the aircraft near the accident site, the military went to expand the search, and successively found backpacks and other items.

According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency," the search and rescue operation carried out by the Taiwan military was carried out from the evening of 11 November to the 12th, and the planes of the Taiwan Air Force continued to fire flares at night to illuminate the wrecked sea surface to facilitate helicopter search; in the morning, additional ground troops were dispatched to search along the north embankment of the Dongshi Aogu Wetland, and coast guard personnel took rubber rafts to the sea to cooperate with helicopter search and rescue.

Some non-governmental figures found some military aircraft wreckage on the oyster near the accident site at about 10 a.m. on the 12th, and the Taiwan military gathered to search for it, and successively found backpacks and multiple pieces of fighter wreckage.

According to the report, the search and rescue unit strives to grasp the rescue "golden 72 hours", and it is expected that more discoveries will be made after the tide recedes. However, as of 12:00 noon on the 12th, the missing pilot had not been found.

Liu Huiqian, chief of staff of Taiwan's "Air Force Command," said at a news conference on the evening of 11 November that the pilot of the crashed fighter plane held down the radio microphone talk button throughout the whole process, resulting in the inability to intercept his speech in the air and ground. (Overseas Network Yang Jia)

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