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on the evening of the 10th, taiwan air force pilot xie peixun crashed his mirage 2000 fighter jet during night flight training and parachuted into the sea off the coast of hsinchu. the taiwan air force then cooperated with the coast guard ships to conduct sea and air rescue, and the pilot was rescued. however, the taiwan authorities' "maritime affairs council chairperson" guan biling broadcast the search and rescue process on facebook all night, and even released the rescue news earlier than the taiwan military, sparking a "rush attack" controversy.

according to relevant information, at 10:22 pm on the 10th, the search and rescue personnel found xie peixun by air search, and at 22:53, the coast guard ship pulled xie peixun onto the deck and successfully rescued him. it was originally expected to return to hsinchu fishing port at 11:00 on the highway and send xie peixun to hsinchu hospital, but there were many twists and turns. due to the low tide at hsinchu fishing port, the coast guard ship could not enter the port, so it changed to a helicopter for hanging. however, the deck of the coast guard ship was too small, and the hanging failed. it was moved to another large ship and the hanging also failed. finally, the coast guard ship sent xie peixun to the more distant taichung port, and then transferred him to wuqi children's general hospital. the arrival time was 1:20 am on the 11th, about 2 hours later than originally expected.

the crashed mirage fighter jet of the taiwan military crashed into the sea at 8:35 p.m. on the 10th. the taiwan defense department did not issue a press release to briefly explain the situation until 9:25 p.m. the news that the pilot had been rescued was reported while the subsequent search operation was still ongoing. however, the taiwan military did not respond immediately. even the confirmation that the pilot had been rescued was first announced by guan bi-ling through facebook. the taiwan military did not announce it until nearly half an hour later. the outside world was sarcastic. "guan ma" has become the spokesperson of the taiwan defense department?

guan bi-ling responded on facebook yesterday (11th), arguing that the so-called "stealing credit, delaying emergency treatment, misjudging the tide" and so on were "false information without any reason." she also claimed that after the rescue was completed, the head of taiwan's defense department, gu lixiong, quickly summoned her to convey her gratitude to the coast guard.

kmt legislator ma wenjun pointed out on facebook that this search and rescue mission should be commended, but also urged for review. as for guan biling, she live-broadcasted the search and rescue process on social media all night, actively responded to various blessing messages from dpp politicians, and finally overstepped her authority and announced the success of the search and rescue by skipping the search and rescue mechanism. ma wenjun sarcastically said that the taiwan "maritime affairs council" and other relevant units should use this energy to do something practical and use it to coordinate and optimize the search and rescue mechanism.

public opinion on the island believes that when a disaster occurs, it is normal for all kinds of information to flood the air. any good news will bring hope to the families and even the public, but if it is confirmed to be a rumor, the disappointment of expectations will become a more heartbreaking injury. with the development of social networks, taiwanese politicians' preemptive release of information has become the key to gaining popularity and traffic, but it may also become a hotbed for the transmission of wrong and false information. this happened when the taiwan military's mirage fighter disappeared in november 2017, and also when the taiwan air force's uh-60m black hawk helicopter crashed in 2020. perhaps guan biling got the first-hand real-time information from the coast guard ship this time, but as a superior, she should be more cautious.(lin jingxian, strait herald reporter in taiwan)