The Taiwan Ministry of Defense is searching for the F-16V fighter of the Taiwanese Air Force missing during the training mission over the sea. This reports Reuters.
The plane rose into the air from the aircraft base in the city of Jiai on Tuesday at 2:55 pm local time (9:55 Moscow). At 15:23 (10:23 Moscow time) he disappeared with radar. President Taiwan Tsai Invan instructed to make every effort to conduct a search and rescue operation and “further clarifying the causes of the accident.”
The State Community Rescue Center reported that the witnesses saw how the plane fell into the sea, and helicopters and ships were looking for a pilot.
On November 17, 2021, the F-35B Lightning II fighter of the Royal Navy of the UK sank in the Mediterranean. The pilot had time to erase and was delivered to the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth. The incident occurred during a planned flight.