Dramatic Rescue: Pilot Xie Peixun Saved After Phantom Fighter Plane Crash, President Lai Responds

Mirage Fighter Plane Crashes into Sea During Night Flight Training

(Central News Agency reporter Wen Guixiang, Taipei, 11th) Pilot Captain Xie Peixun’s Phantom Fighter crashed into the sea during a night flight training yesterday evening and was rescued this morning.

Military sources noted that Xie Peixun was successfully rescued by the Coast Guard vessel (No. 3580) at 10:39 pm on the 10th after the ship’s crew reported that Xie Peixun was conscious and the Coast Guard transferred him to Taichung.

Xie Peixun came to the Children’s General Hospital at 1:35 this morning, where he will be examined and kept for observation, and transferred to the National Military Hospital for follow-up treatment.

The Presidential Office announced President Lai’s new itinerary this morning, which includes a visit to He Peixun at Taichung Children’s General Hospital’s Wuqi campus at 10:15 a.m.