April 25, 2014

Taiwan's brand new AH-64E Apache helicopter crashes






The co-pilot of one of Taiwan's new AH-64E Apache helicopters was the only one injured when the attack helicopter crashed into a residential building in Taoyuan County Friday morning during flight training, the Army said.Early reports said both the pilot and co-pilot had been injured.

The aircraft had to make a forced landing on top of the three-story building because of an emergency situation. The Army said it was mostly intact despite the rough landing, and no other injuries, civilian or military, had been reported.Liu Ming-hui, the 35-year-old co-pilot who was in control of the aircraft sustained only minor scratches to his face, the Army Aviation Special Forces Command said.

The accident occurred at around 10 a.m. during a flight training supervised by pilot Chen Lung-chien, an instructor who received Apache flight training in the United States, the Army said.The Army said it has formed a joint investigation team with technical representatives from the United States to look into possible causes behind the accident, which may be due to human error or mechanical failure.





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