Military training plane goes missing over central Taiwan
TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Authorities in Taiwan launched a search operation Tuesday after a military training plane was reported missing over Nantou, central Taiwan, the island's Ministry of National Defense said.
In a statement, the ministry said an AT-3 trainer jet of the Air Force Academy disappeared from radar somewhere near Mabolasi Mountain in Nantou County at approximately 12:30 p.m., half an hour after it had taken off.
In the plane were flight instructor Maj. Wang Jin-jun, who has a flight record of 1,489.30 hours, and 1st Lt. Huang Jun-ron, who has 116.45 hours of flight experience.