Taipei, Dec. 16 (CNA) A Taipei court issued a ruling Thursday ordering the nation's Air Force to pay a total of NT$4.66 million (US$167,442) in compensation to the parents of an F-16 pilot killed during a 2018 drill due to negligence on the part of five others.
A Taipei court yesterday ordered the air force to give NT$4.66 million (US$167,523) in compensation to the parents of an F-16 pilot killed in a 2018 training incident due to the negligence of five others.
The Taipei District Court made the ruling after the father and mother of Major Wu Yen-ting (吳彥霆) separately filed suits against the air force asking for NT$10.89 million and NT$11.10 million in compensation respectively over the death of their son.
Citing an impeachment issued last year by the Control Yuan which blamed the fatal crash on the negligence of officers Shih Ching- nien (史青年), Lai Wen-sheng