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Two Taiwanese Air Force pilots died when a T-34C trainer crashed during an emergency exercise at Gangshan Air Base on Tuesday.

blueskycnascmp · 3 blocs · 38d ago

Two Taiwanese Air Force pilots died when a T-34C trainer crashed during an emergency exercise at Gangshan Air Base on Tuesday. The crash occurred during a simulated engine-failure exercise. According to the South China Morning Post, the pilots killed were Lieutenant Colonel Kuo Chun-nan and Lieutenant Colonel Lu Chi-yu, and the crash happened at about 8:08 a.m. at Gangshan Air Base in Kaohsiung,南部

Two Taiwanese Air Force pilots died when a T-34C trainer crashed during an emergency exercise at Gangshan Air Base on Tuesday. The T-34C crash occurred during a simulated engine-failure exercise. According to the South China Morning Post, the two pilots killed were Lieutenant Colonel Kuo Chun-nan and Lieutenant Colonel Lu Chi-yu, and the crash occurred at about 8:08 a.m. at Gangshan Air Base in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. The crash prompted renewed scrutiny of Taiwan’s ageing fleet of T-34 basic trainers.

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