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[global network report] according to taiwan's china times news on september 11, a single-seat mirage 2000 fighter jet at the taiwan air force's hsinchu base lost power and crashed into the sea during night training off the coast of hsinchu on the evening of the 10th. the pilot, xie peixun, parachuted to escape, and the taiwan air force and coast guard ships immediately launched a search and rescue operation. the second air force wing said that xie peixun was found off the coast of nanliao at 10:22 p.m. on the 10th and was subsequently sent to the hospital for further examination. taiwan media such as united news network said that this was the ninth major crash of the taiwan military's mirage 2000 fighter jet since it entered service in 1997.

the picture shows the crashed fighter plane. the picture is from taiwan's china times news network

according to the report, the taiwan air force "command" stated that xie peixun had a total flight time of 710 hours. he took off from the hsinchu base at 8:05 pm on the 10th in a mirage 2000 single-seat fighter with the number 2047. at 8:35, he discovered that the power failed during the return process and then ejected. the taiwan defense department, search and rescue command center, and the "coast guard administration" all participated in the search and rescue.

taiwan today news network reported that on september 1, 1992, france agreed to sell 60 mirage 2000-5 fighter jets to taiwan, and in may 1997, the taiwan air force received its first mirage fighter jet.

according to taiwan media such as the central news agency, the last mirage 2000 crashed in march 2022, and the pilot huang chongkai was rescued. according to statistics, including the crash on the 10th, the mirage 2000 has had a total of 9 accidents, of which 8 people were rescued, 5 died (including pilot wang tongyi who went to france for training), and 7 fighters were damaged.