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This is a list of military accidents in Taiwan (formally known as the Republic of China), primarily involving the Republic of China Armed Forces.
On 23 October 1944, a Japanese passenger transport plane crashed into the Taiwan Grand Shrine on Jiantan Mountain shortly after take-off from then Matsuyama Airfield. Many parts of the shrine, including the Torii ceremonial archway and stone toro lanterns, were damaged in the crash. [1]
On 18 August 1945 an Imperial Japanese Army Air Service Mitsubishi Ki-21 crashed after takeoff from Taipei resulting in the deaths of four people including Tsunamasa Shidei and Subhas Chandra Bose. [2]
In March 1969 a US Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashed on Taiwan killing nine and leaving three injured. [3]
In October 1970 a US Air Force C-130 Hercules of the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing with 43 people aboard crashed soon after taking off from Taipei International Airport. [4]
On 16 September 1973, an American F-4C from the 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron crashed in Taiwan. The crew ejected without injury. [5]
A Taiwanese C-130 crashed at Taipei Songshan Airport in 1997. [6]
In April, eight people aboard a Bell UH-1H military helicopter were killed in a crash. [7] 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. [8]
An S-70C Seahawk crash killed one crew member, injured two and left two others missing, [9]
Two pilots were killed after crash-landing their AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter in the island's north. [10]
One RF-5 surveillance plane and a two-seater F-5F trainer crashed, killing three pilots. [11] [12]
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. [13]
In 2019, a Singaporean soldier was seriously injured during nighttime parachute training. [16] He underwent intensive surgery in Taiwan. In 2020 he was flown back to Singapore aboard a Singapore Air Force A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport. [17]
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. [18]
In July, Taiwan's Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter fleet was grounded after a crash at Hsinchu Air Force base, killing the two pilots. [19] Also in July two marines died after their small boat capsized during amphibious training operations. [20]
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. [21]
In November, a F-16 fighter jet crashed minutes after takeoff from Hualien Air Base. [22]
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. [23]
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. [24] [25]
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. [26]
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. [27]
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. [28]
In June, a Taiwanese Sikorsky S-70C(M) crashed, leaving four injured. [29]
A Taiwanese Dassault Mirage 2000 crashed during a training exercise on 10 September 2024; the pilot ejected safely. [30]
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