An air power officer was killed after being sucked into the engine of a fighter airplane, the headquarters of the Taiwan Air Force Command stated on Tuesday (Jan 21).
The accident occurred Tuesday morning at Ching Chuan Kang Air Force Base in Taichung.
Local media report that the airplane was a fighter airplane for the protection of indigenous individuals.
The officer was performing a routine remaining inspection of the newly landed fighter airplane earlier than its engine was shut down, authorities stated.
For “unknown causes,” she was sucked into the engine on the precise facet of the airplane, he added.
She was rushed to hospital however was later declared useless.
The Air Force stated it’s investigating the causes of the crash, including that it’s going to conduct a radical evaluation to stop such incidents from taking place once more.
