A Taiwanese military aircraft crashed during a training mission on Tuesday, killing two experienced pilots and prompting renewed scrutiny of the island’s ageing fleet of T-34 basic trainers.
The T-34C aircraft went down at 8.08am at Gangshan Air Base in Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan while conducting a simulated engine-failure exercise, according to the island’s air force.
Both pilots on board, Lieutenant Colonel Kuo Chun-nan and Lieutenant Colonel Lu Chi-yu, were killed.
The air force said the aircraft, bearing the tail number 3414, crashed near the northern end of the runway at the Air Force Academy and that the cause remained under investigation.
Following the accident, the island’s air force suspended all T-34C flight training operations and ordered fleet-wide inspections.
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