List of military accidents in Taiwan

This is a list of military accidents in Taiwan (formally known as the Republic of China), primarily involving the Republic of China Armed Forces.

2007

In April eight people aboard a Bell UH-1H military helicopter were killed in a crash.^[1] In May a F-5F fighter crashed into base housing occupied by Singaporean personnel, killing the pilots. Nine Singaporeans on the ground were injured and two were killed.^[2]

2008

An S-70C Seahawk crash killed one crew member, injured two and left two others missing, ^[3]

Two pilots were killed after crash landing their AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter in the island's north. ^[4]

2011

3 pilots and one RF-5 surveillance plane and a two-seater F-5F trainer. ^{[5] [6]}

2015

In 2015 two United States Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornets made an unscheduled landing at Tainan Airport after one of them developed an engine anomaly in-flight. The aircraft were accommodated in an air force hangar until a Lockheed C-130 Hercules full of American technicians could be flown in to repair the aircraft.^[7]

2019

In 2019 a Singaporean soldier was seriously injured during nighttime parachute training.^[8] He underwent intensive surgery in Taiwan. In 2020 he was flown back to Singapore aboard a Singapore Air Force A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport.^[9]

2020

 

A ROCAF F-16A similar to the one that crashed on 17 November

Main article: 2020 ROCAF UH-60M crash

In January Taiwan's top military chief Shen Yi-Ming was killed along with eight other senior officers when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed in the mountains near Taipei.^[10]

In July Taiwan's Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter fleet was grounded after a crash at Hsinchu Air Force base, killing the two pilots.^[11]

In October a F-5 fighter jet crashed and its pilot was killed after it plunged into the sea several hundred meters (a half-mile) off the coast of Taitung County.^[12]

In November a F-16 fighter jet crashed minutes after takeoff from Hualien Air Base.^[13]

In December a hiker on a coastal trail on Shoushan in Kaohsiung was injured by a stray bullet believed to have originated from an offshore firing range.^[14]

2021

 

An F-5E fighter similar to the one that crashed on 22 March

Two F-5 fighter jets crashed into the sea near the southeastern coast in an apparent collision, resulting in two deaths. The air force later grounded all F-5s and suspended all training missions, after concerns were raised about both training and maintenance.^[15][16]

2022

In January a F-16 fighter jet crashed into the sea while taking part in training exercises. Combat training for Taiwan's F-16 fleet was suspended in the aftermath of the crash.^[17]

On 14 March a Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter jet crashed into the sea after a mechanical problem while on a training mission from Chihhang Air Base.^[18]

In May a AIDC AT-3 training aircraft crashed minutes after taking off from the southern port city of Kaohsiung during a training mission. The air force halted all academy training flights as President Tsai Ing-wen ordered an investigation into the cause of the incident.^[19]

References

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6. "Three pilots were killed on Tuesday evening when their two military jets crashed in a mountainous region in Taiwan, the Ministry of National Defense".
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8. Strong, Matthew. "Singaporean paratrooper injured during jump in Taiwan". www.taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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12. "Taiwan Fighter Jet Crashes, Fueling Worries About Aging Fleet". 29 October 2020 – via www.bloomberg.com.
13. Brad Lendon. "Taiwan grounds entire fleet of US-made F-16 fighter jets after crash". CNN.
14. "Hiker shot by bullet allegedly from military shooting range". focustaiwan.tw. Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
15. Reuters Staff (22 March 2021). "Taiwan loses two fighter jets in apparent collision, third such crash in six months" – via www.reuters.com. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
16. "Body of fallen F-5E fighter pilot recovered - Focus Taiwan". focustaiwan.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 April 2021.
17. "Taiwan suspends F-16 fleet combat training after jet crashes into sea". CNN.
18. Blanchard, Ben; Lee, Yimou; Gopalakrishnan, Raju; Kasolowsky, Raissa (14 March 2022). "Taiwan grounds Mirage fighters after jet crashes into sea". Reuters. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
19. Cindy Wang. "Taiwan Pilot Dies in Third Military Jet Crash This Year". Yahoo.