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
The Air Force Academy yesterday suspended all flight training for its cadets and grounded all of its AT-3 trainer jets after an AT-3 used by the academy crashed in Kaohsiung during a training session earlier in the day, killing its pilot in the air force’s second fatal incident this year.
The air force is conducting a thorough investigation to determine the cause of the incident that killed Second Lieutenant Hsu Ta-chun (徐大鈞), Air Force Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Huang Chih-wei (黃志偉) told a news briefing.
No signs of mechanical failure have been detected in the investigation, and the weather conditions were
Taipei, May 31 (CNA) Taiwan's Air Force Academy on Tuesday suspended all flight training for its cadets and grounded all of its AT-3 trainer jets after an AT-3 used by the academy crashed in Kaohsiung during a training session earlier in the day, killing its pilot.
Seven large prizes in the receipt lottery for January and February have not yet been claimed, including three worth NT$10 million (US$337,610) each, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday.
The three unclaimed NT$10 million prize-winning uniform invoices, as they are formally called, were among 11 special prizes drawn for the first two months of the year, and carried the number 18927486, the ministry said.
They were all issued in Kaohsiung, including one for a NT$76 food purchase at MLD shopping mall in the city’s Cianjhen District (前鎮), the ministry said.
One was issued for NT$139 at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Sanmin District