It became known about the extraction of the Taiwanese fighter F-5E from the water, fell into the sea a few months ago while performing maneuvers during military exercises.
The plane crashed in October 2020 of the year. reported, that the Polaris rescue ship delivered the wreckage of the Taiwan Air Force fighter jet to the city of Kaohsiung. Today they were handed over to the military, who, together with the staff of the Taiwan Prosecutor's Office, will study and try to find out the exact reasons for what happened to the fighter last fall.
It is important to note, that extracted from the sea can hardly be called wreckage in full. Although the Asian press originally wrote about the wreckage. Fighter fuselage, as it turns out, slightly affected. This allows experts to draw certain preliminary conclusions.. for example, supposed, that the plane entered the water when falling at a relatively low speed. It is also assumed, what height, from which the fall took place, was relatively small.
It is worth recalling that, that the F-5E fighter was piloted by Taiwan Air Force Captain Chu Kuanmen (by Chu Quan) – an experienced pilot. During the exercise, 29 October 2020 year he lost control of the board. The pilot was able to eject, after a while was rescued from the water. The plane crashed off the east coast of Taiwan.. A few hours after, how the pilot was taken to the hospital, received messages about, that he died of cardiac arrest.
