An Air Force officer was killed after being sucked into the engine of a fighter jet, Taiwan’s Air Force Command Headquarters said on Tuesday ( Jan 21 ).
The incident happened on Tuesday night at Taichung’s Ching Chuan Kang Air Force Base.
Local advertising reports said the plane was an Aboriginal Army Fighter plane.
The female commander was performing a regular last observation of the warrior plane that had just landed before its website was switched off, said the expert.
For “unknown factors”, she was sucked into the right-side website of the flight, it added.
She was rushed to the hospital but was later pronounced deceased.
The Air Force said it is investigating the cause of the accident, adding that it will conduct a comprehensive overview to prevent such incidents from happening again.