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"this is the ninth major crash of the taiwan military's mirage 2000 fighter jet since it entered service in 1997."

a mirage 2000 fighter jet of the taiwan air force crashed into the sea off the coast of hsinchu on september 10. fortunately, the pilot successfully parachuted and was rescued. taiwanese media said that this was the ninth major crash of the mirage 2000 fighter jet of the taiwan military since it entered service in 1997. according to relevant news on the island, the entire rescue process was full of twists and turns, and the rescue time was delayed by two hours than expected.

▲data map of the crashed fighter plane

the rescue was delayed by two hours.

taiwan's defense department said the french-made mirage 2000 fighter jet took off from hsinchu air force base in northern taiwan at 8:05 p.m. on the 10th for training. unexpectedly, half an hour later, the pilot, xie peixun, found that the plane had lost power while returning to the base, and immediately opened the parachute to escape. at 10:22 p.m. last night, xie peixun was found off the coast of nanliao. he was conscious and only slightly injured. he was transferred to taichung children's hospital by a taiwan coast guard boat.

however, according to relevant information on the island,during this period, two consecutive search and rescue helicopters were killed due to failure of the steel cables of the hanging baskets.it makes it impossible to hang.in addition, the tidal range at nanliao port made it impossible to enter the port, so the ship had to be sent to taichung port by patrol boat.

it was originally expected that the helicopter would be able to take xie peixun to hsinchu hospital at around 11pm last night, but after much trouble,because the accident site is far away from taichung port, the patrol boat did not dock until the next day, at around 1 a.m. this morning.. he was immediately taken to the hospital by ambulance at 1:20.the patient was 2 hours later than the expected time to be sent to the hospital.the entire rescue process was full of twists and turns and problems.

military experts say: terrified

it is reported that taiwan has received 60 mirage 2000 fighter jets since 1997.so far, eight major accidents have occurred, in which at least seven aircraft were lost and five people were killed.after the accident on the 10th, all mirage fighter jets at the base were grounded on the same day for special inspections.

in this regard, retired taiwan military general zhang yanting pointed out,the mirage 2000 fighter has been in service for 30 years. is it time to phase it out?the taiwan authorities neither upgraded nor installed spare engines.high security riskas long as the engine has problems, the pilot can only parachute out, especially at night when the sea is pitch black and the pilot cannot judge the distance to the sea surface.night skydiving is full of dangers。

taiwan military expert shi xiaowei stressed that the search and rescue process after the fighter crash terrified him.not only did the taiwan defense department fail to grasp the first-hand situation, but the search and rescue helicopter basket also malfunctioned.we need to reflect on this carefully.