Taipei, April 1 (CNA) Taiwan's Mirage 2000 fighter jets returned to the sky Friday, following the completion of a comprehensive inspection and additional training for pilots in the wake of a March 14 crash.
Taiwan’s Mirage 2000 fighter jets returned to the sky yesterday, following the completion of a comprehensive inspection and additional training for pilots in the wake of a March 14 crash.
While the armed forces had picked up signals from the “black box” flight recorder of the jet that crashed off the coast of Taitung County, weather and sea conditions prevented the search team from salvaging the fighter, the military said on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the remaining 54 Mirage 2000 jets have been allowed back into service after the inspection and additional training for pilots were completed, the air force said.
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文)
Taipei, March 24 (CNA) Taiwan's Air Force said Thursday it was waiting for the weather and sea conditions to stabilize before starting work on the salvage of a Mirage 2000 fighter jet that crashed earlier this month off the country's east coast.
Taipei, March 15 (CNA) Monday's Mirage 2000 crash was not due to a spare parts shortage, Taiwan's Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正) said on Tuesday, though he admitted that the military was considering upgrading or replacing the aging French-made jets that have been in service for 25 years in Taiwan.