Taiwan grounds entire fleet of US-made F-16 fighter jets after crash

 CNN, Nov 18, 2020

Hong Kong (CNN)Taiwan has grounded its entire fleet of about 140 US-made F-16 fighter jets after one of the planes crashed during a training mission on Tuesday evening.

Taiwan's Defense Ministry said the single-seat F-16 disappeared from radar screens over the Pacific Ocean just two minutes after taking off from Hualien Air Base, on the self-ruled island's east coast, at 6:05 p.m. local time.

A search for the jet's pilot, Col. Chiang Cheng-chih, is continuing, according to a statement from the office of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.

Tsai told reporters Wednesday morning that all of the island's F-16s would be grounded pending an investigation into the crash.

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