TAIPEI: Taiwan's air force suspended flight training of new pilots on Tuesday after a jet trainer crashed killing its pilot, the defence ministry said, the second fatal accident the air force has experienced in 2022.
Taipei, May 31 (CNA) A relatively inexperienced pilot, an aging aircraft, and unstable atmospheric conditions are possible factors that may have led to Tuesday's deadly AT-3 trainer jet crash that killed the pilot, retired Air Force Lieutenant General Chang Yen-ting (張延廷) told CNA Tuesday.
WHAT HAPPENED? The military has ordered 66 AIDC-made Advanced Jet Trainers and is in the process of replacing AT-3 trainer jets and F-5E/F lead-in trainers with those/ Staff writer, with CNA