Don Chanhttps://theme.udn.com/theme/story/6773/3578208
2019/01/07
In Tao Yuan County, just outside Tao Yuan IAP, the Chung Cheng Aviation Museum closed in 2014 March.
A year later, its aircraft moved to nearby Tao Yuan AB.
By 2019 January, the new aviation museum is unbuilt, and even unplanned.
The aircraft, stored outdoor, are rotting away.
Don ChanBefore 12 August 2018:
F-86.
6134.
Retired 5th Group, ROCAF.
Arrived at 8-23 (August 23) Artillery Battle Memorial Park, at Bei An Road, Zhong Shan District, Taipei City; for 60th anniversary of 8-23 Artillery Battle ceremony on 18 August.
Previously displayed at CYC (China Youth Corps) Cheng Ching Lake Youth Activity Center, at #140, Wen Qian Road, Niao Song District, Kao Hsiung City.
Joined ROCAF in 1954, and retired in 1977.
Paint scheme was inaccurate.
Tail fin didn’t have 5th Group emblems, stripes, and S/Ns.
ROCAF roundels were modern version, not 1950s version.
On 2016/09/03, Taipei City government renamed Bei An Park as 8-23 Artillery Battle Memorial Park.
https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20180812001235-260407
https://www.ettoday.net/news/20180819/1238535.htm
http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/2523346
Don ChanThursday, 23 August 2018:
F-15.
5th Koukuudan, JASDF, based at Nyuutabaru AB, Miyazaki Prefecture.
JASDF first fighter female pilot.
Second Lieutenant Matsushima Misa (26).
Height 1.59 m.
Grew up at Yokohama City.
As primary school student, inspired by movie Top Gun.
Graduated defense university, and trained as transport pilot.
23 August, Nyuutabaru AB, completed F-15 training course, and received certificate.
Five other male pilots completed same course.
24 August, Nyuutabaru AB, began duty.
JASDF now training three other fighter female pilots.
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180823-00000034-jijp-soci.view-000
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180823-00000037-asahi-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/ann?a=20180823-00000032-ann-soci
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/miyazaki/20180823/5060001627.html
Don Chanhttp://comicbook.com/startrek/2018/07/13/star-trek-roger-perry-passes-away/
‘Star Trek’ Star Roger Perry Passes Away
2018/07/13
Star Trek star Roger Perry has passed away at the age of 85.
Star Trek fans will know Perry from the 1967 episode Tomorrow Is Yesterday, where he played the role of Captain John Christopher.
The 19th episode of the original season, the story revolved around the USS Enterprise being thrown back in time tot he 1960s, resulting in the government thinking it is a UFO.
Perry’s John Christopher is the pilot of the F-104 interceptor sent to investigate, and he is transported onto the ship.
Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the crew have to figure out how to get him back to Earth without messing with the timeline, which the [sic] eventually do.
Don ChanSunday, 22 July 2018:
B-747 x 2.
JASDF, based at Chitose AB, Hokkaidou.
VIP planes for Emperor and Prime Minister.
Open to public before they retire during this fiscal year.
25 years old.
Two successors are B-777.
One planned to arrive at Chitose AB, in late August, after flight tests outside Japan.
Another planned to arrive in December.
Don Chanhttps://www.ettoday.net/news/20180621/1195774.htm
Thursday, 2018/06/21:
Morning, funeral ceremony, at Hua Lian AB.
Attended by ROC President and ROC Minister of Defence.
Missing man formation by four F-16s, with #3 climbing away from the formation.
After ceremony, Wu’s ashes were transported by C-130 to Taipei, then to Bi Tan Air Force Cemetery, Xin Dian, New Taipei City.
Don ChanMonday, 4 June 2018:
F-16A Block 20.
6685. 93-0786. C/N TA-85.
27th FS, ROCAF, based at Hua Lian AB.
First day of 2018 Han Guang Exercise #34.
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/china/realtime/article/20180604/58275657
http://hk.on.cc/tw/bkn/cnt/news/20180604/bkntw-20180604144441910-0604_04011_001.html
http://hk.on.cc/tw/bkn/cnt/news/20180604/bkntw-20180604154838747-0604_04011_001.html
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180604/s00004/1528095583778
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180604/s00004/1528101936097
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1399821-20180604.htm
https://udn.com/news/story/10930/3179064
Leader of a flight of two.
Pilot was Major WU Yan Ting, 31.
Operations officer, 27th FS.
90th Class, ROCAF Academy.
Wife LIN Fan Ying (WU-LIN Fan Ying) and one son, 3.
Wingman was probably Captain CHEN Zhi Yu.
(Initial news reports claimed accident airplane was F-16B with two pilots: Wu and Chen.
ROCAF clarified it was F-16A.
Also claimed accident airplane was RF-16 of 12th TRS, 5th Composite Wing, ROCAF, based at Hua Lian AB.)
By now, Wu had 1,039 flight hours total, and 736 hours in F-16.
1:15 PM, took off, at Hua Lian AB.
Cannon had ammo, carried drop tanks, and didn’t carry missiles.
14 NM from Keelung City, reported they entered clouds.
1:43 PM, missing, near Nuan Nuan District, Keelung City (Ji Long City).
Wingman loitered, couldn’t contact or find leader, and RTB by 2:40 PM.
If Wu ejected, ejection seat would send signal, but ROCAF didn’t detect said signal.
Song Shan AP (Taipei City) scrambled at least one S-70C SAR helo, S/N C-493.
2:33 PM, Keelung City fire department began SAR.
ROC Coast Guard sent four ships to search the sea near Keelung City.
PP-3555, PP-3558, PP-10033, and PP-10065.
3:22 PM, New Tapei City fire department announced: a hiker reported he/she found airplane-like debris, at hiking trail 21 km point, on Wu Fen Mountain (Wu Fen Shan), Rui Fang District, New Taipei City.
Or, near weather radar station on Wu Fen Mountain.
After 4 PM, despite fog, on ground, Keelung City fire department personnel found burnt fragments of… biologic material, black box(es), documents, G-suit, yellow drag chute, &c.
8 PM, ground SAR suspended until 6 AM, next dawn.
Impact point was about 10 metres below the ridge line (hiking trail was along ridge line), on a 70-80 degrees slant, north slope with trees knocked down by the impact.
Back on Wednesday, 15 May 2013, then-First Lieutenant Wu ejected from ROCAF F-16A 6622.
https://news.tvbs.com.tw/local/932760
http://www.storm.mg/article/445394?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=%E7%9B%B8%E9%97%9C%E5%A0%B1%E5%B0%8E%E9%BB%9E%E6%93%8A&utm_campaign=Y!News_RelatedCoverage
2018/06/05:
Wu’s flight were aggressors tasked to attack Keelung Port.
According to flight plan, ingress from northeast, turn left, and egress to east.
Weather was cloudy / foggy, with low visibility.
6685 had flown about 2,200 hours.
Last maintenance was on 17 May.
https://www.ettoday.net/news/20180607/1185723.htm
2018/06/06:
After all ROCAF F-16s were grounded for inspections, they resumed joint ROCAF-ROCN exercises above the sea near Tai Tung on 6 June.
To uphold morale, 4th Composite Wing commander Major General CHEN Qi Qing co-flew a F-16.
http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/4148/
F-16 Aircraft Database
Airframe Details for F-16 #93-0786
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuannuan_District
Nuan Nuan District, Keelung City.
https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E4%BA%94%E5%88%86%E5%B1%B1
Wu Fen Mountain, Rui Fang District, New Taipei City.
https://udn.com/news/story/10930/3180313
On Wednesday, 1999/04/21, in morning, a Daily Air helo S/N B-55502 also crashed in this area, during its flight from Song Shan AP, Taipei, to Feng Nin AP, Tai Tung.
Three helo crew killed.
Pilot: NI Qi De.
Co-pilot: WANG Zhao Long.
Crew: XIAO Chuan Ming.
The pilots were thrown out of the cabin.
The third crew was trapped in cabin, and burnt.
Daily Air Corporation.
Don Chan>Tuesday, 1 May 1973:
>F-4EJ. F-4EJ-47MC.
>27-8304. #304. C/N 4055-M004.
>Two crew killed.
>Pilot: Lieutenant Colonel [posthumous Colonel] Ozaki Yoshihiro, 40.
https://japansdf.com/archives/1014
2018/01/11
2018/03/09
Interview with Ozaki’s son, JASDF Major General Ozaki Yoshinori.
Director General, General Affairs Department, Joint Staff Office.
When accident, he was 7.
1985 February, 301st Hikoutai would move from Hyakuri AB, Ibaraki Prefecture, to Nyuutabaru AB, Miyazaki Prefecture.
1984 December, before move, in Kashima Sea [Kashimanada], fishing boat net caught and raised thigh bone wrapped in G suit fragment.
Etched on G suit was name Ozaki.
10 years after accident, bone confirmed as Ozaki, and buried.
Rumour was, after 301st Hikoutai and F-4 moved to Nyuutabaru AB, Ozaki would alone, and he returned before move.
Don Chan>Tuesday, 17 October 2017:
>UH-60J. SAR helicopter.
>58-4596.
>Hamamatsu Kyuunantai [Hamamatsu SAR Squadron], Koukuu Kyuunandan, JASDF, based at Hamamatsu AB, Shizuoka Prefecture.
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180214-00010000-sbsv-l22
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180214-00000085-mai-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180215-00000006-at_s-l22
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180215-00026231-houdouk-soci
Wednesday, 2018/02/14:
JMOD announced accident cause.
Pilots misunderstood altitude.
Night flight, helicopter flew at 300 m, and began descend to avoid clouds.
Vertical speed indicator took some seconds to display actual rate of descend.
Pilots read lagging indicator, and misunderstood rate of descend.
Pilots not aware descend at two times normal rate, and after 45 seconds, crashed into sea.
Two pilots wore night vision devices, but without moonlight, pilots and crew not aware altitude and situation.
At 75 m, low altitude alarm sounded, recorded by voice recorder, but four crew did not react.
After six seconds, crashed into sea.
Don Chan14 April 1960:
C-54. DC-4-1009.
42919. BL.3-1/02.
6th Wing, RTAF, based at RTAFB Don Muang.
RTAF CIC, Marshal of the Royal Thai Air Force Chaloamkeit Vatthanagkol (“Cha Lin Jie” in Chinese transliteration), his wife, and his staff departed Taiwan.
En route, crashed into Yong Chun Mountain, Taipei City.
18 crew and passengers killed.
ROCAF C-54 002 flew their coffins back to Thailand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalermkiat_Vatthanangkun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Royal_…
RTAF CIC was Marshal of the Royal Thai Air Force Chalermkiat Vatthanangkun (1914/08/15 – 1960/04/14) from 1957 to 1960.
http://www.baaa-acro.com/1960/archives/crash-of-a-douglas-dc-4-in-taipe…
Crew on board: 5
Pax on board: 13
Total fatalities: 18
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19600414-1
Location:
10 km (6.3 mls) NE of Taipei-Songshan Airport (TSA) (Taiwan)
Departure airport:
Taipei-Songshan Airport (TSA/RCSS), Taiwan
Destination airport:
Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Thailand
https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=12,20,29,33,35,45&post=23519
“Taiwan Review
Chronology
Publication Date: May 01, 1960
A summary of important events from March 16 to April 15, 1960.
14.
A specially-equipped C-54 of the Royal Thai Air Force crashed into Mount Wu Tse southeast of Taipei three minutes after taking off, killing all 18 persons aboard.
The victims include: Air Chief Marshal and Mrs. Chalermkiat Watanangura, commander-in-chief, Royal Thai Air Force; Air Vice Marshal and Mrs. Suan Chitaphaibool, chief of intelligence, RTAF; and Colonel Chareon Phuakchaiphaeo, Thai military attache in Taipei; Captain Somchai Nianaloy, aide-de-camp to Marshal Watanangura; three Chinese were among those killed: Lt. Col. Huang Yai-Chen, assistant air attache of the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok; Mrs. John Chang, wife of a first secretary of the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok, and her one-year-old daughter.”
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JNANAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GXcDAAAAIBAJ&dq…
St. Petersburg Times, Friday, April 15, 1960.
“Chinese Nationalist Air Force officers said the four-engine Thai Air Force C-54 appeared to have departed from the normal take-off pattern and made too wide a circle.
Minutes after taking off for Bangkok, it slammed into Mt Wu Tse in an area known as ‘Purple Gravestone’.
Others on the plane included Air Vice Marshal Suan Chitaphaibool, chief of Thai air intelligence; his wife; the wife and 18-month-old daughter of a Nationalist Chinese diplomat in Bangkok, and the daughter of a Thai diplomat in Taipei.”
http://archive.mnd.gov.tw/index/idx_items.asp?idx=00029446
http://archive.mnd.gov.tw/index/idx_items.asp?idx=00041688
http://blog.xuite.net/jpfu0313/blog/28437862
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalermkiat_Watanangura
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Commanders_of_the_Royal_Thai_Air_F…
http://www.fader.dyndns.org/wings/08-RTAF%20Planes/RTAF-049-Skymaster.h…
https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/42919/630818
http://www.rocahc.org/memo/4.htm
http://www.thai-aviation.net/accidents2.htm
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/t/127/69/0#1
Don ChanFirst, each month, Air Forces Monthly mag has 2-3 pages that report very recent military aviation accidents.
I send to AFM editors, such accident reports for military aviation accidents in China, Taiwan, and maybe elsewhere in Northeast Asia.
In AFM, the accident summaries tend to be brief, as the editors understandably cropped out a lot of juicy details, so I also post/share my accident reports in this forum.
Second, back in the 1960s, two Thai military aircraft crashed in Taiwan.
In 2010, I posted in this forum, very concise details about the two accidents, and didn’t follow up them.
Coincidentally, on the day this JGSDF AH-64 crashed, a relative of one of the victims of one of the Thai military aircraft crashes, read my old (2010) post, and asked if I knew more about that crash.
For 50+ years, apparently the victim’s children and relatives have been uncertain about how and where in Taiwan did the victim’s aircraft crash.
They thought it crashed into a mountain, but couldn’t find/match the mountain name.
AFAIK from on-line sources (mostly in English) I previously read, it was recorded as crashed into sea near Hsin Chu (either Hsin Chu City (coastal) or Hsin Chu County (wide)); but a contemporary military document hinted it crashed on ground.
To satisfy my own curiosity, I again (2018) on-line researched (in Chinese and English) that crash, and found new details, such as contemporary news photos with captions, that confirmed it crashed into a mountain near a named town/village in Hsin Chu County.
Don ChanMonday, 5 February 2018:
Fuji [now Subaru] AH-64D.
74502. JG-4502. #502. C/N JP002.
2nd Hikoutai, 3ATH [3rd Taisensha Helicopter Tai, 3rd Anti-Tank Helicopter Squadron], Seibu Houmen Koukuutai, JGSDF, based at JGSDF Metabaru, Saga Prefecture.
16:36, took off, at JGSDF Metabaru.
After maintenance, test flight, from JGSDF Metabaru, to Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, then to Asakura City, Fukuoka Prefecture, then return to base.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20180206/k10011317801000.html
Helicopter first flew counter-clockwise around base perimeter.
After 2 minutes, pilot announced departing base, and turned towards check point 10 km southwest from base.
16:43, crashed into residential area, Ka’nou, Chiyoda Town, Kanzaki City, eastern Saga Prefecture.
Helicopter and two civilian houses caught fire.
300 m northeast from Kanzaki Shiritsu Chiyoda Chuubu Primary School.
4 km southwest from JGSDF Metabaru.
Two crew killed.
Hours after accident, firefighters found co-pilot’s body.
Next afternoon, found pilot’s body, and flight recorder.
http://www.sankei.com/west/news/180206/wst1802060087-n1.html
Pilot: Lieutenant Colonel Saitou Ken’ichi.
43 years old.
2nd Hikoutai commander.
Total flight time, 2700 hours.
1600 hours with AH-64D.
1998, entered JGSDF.
2017 March, assigned 3ATH.
AH-64D instructor pilot trained in USA.
Co-pilot: Master Sergeant Takayama Hiroki.
26 years old.
2009, entered JGSDF, as aircraft mechanic.
Later, passed pilot training course.
2017 February, assigned 3ATH.
Four residents of one house, and two residents of next house, not killed.
During accident, only 11 years old girl at first house, lightly wounded leg.
Engine trouble, and returning to base, for emergency landing.
After radio contact lost, JGSDF Metabaru control tower witnessed helicopter flew from east to west, and crashed into ground, nose down.
Local weather was cold, dry, sometimes snowing.
http://www.sankei.com/politics/news/180206/plt1802060043-n1.html
http://www.sankei.com/west/news/180206/wst1802060103-n1.html
Before crash, main rotor detached from helicopter, and main rotor parts landed east of accident site.
One rotor blade found in ditch, 500 m southeast from accident site.
Test flight was for maintenance after every 25 or 50 flight hours.
Maintenance also replaced main rotor head where four rotor blades attached, after every 1750 flight hours.
Test flight included hovering to check for abnormal vibration.
JTSB [Japan Transport Safety Board] from 1974 to 2017, recorded 433 civilian helicopter accidents, and none was main rotor detached.
http://www.sankei.com/west/news/180206/wst1802060095-n1.html
16:40, girl came home from primary school.
In upper floor, changed clothes.
In ground floor, northwest side, put clothes into washing machine, and went to living room in southeast side.
House shook when helicopter crashed into north side of house where she was.
Without shoes, she fled through living room broken glass window.
http://www.fdma.go.jp/bn/2018/detail/1034.html
FDMA [Fire and Disaster Management Agency].
House address: Saga Prefecture, Kanzaki City, Chiyoda Town, Ka’nou 1033-1.
19:32, fire extinguished.
http://cms.saga-ed.jp/hp/chiyodachuubu-e/home/template/html/htmlView.do?MENU_ID=2982
Kanzaki Shiritsu Chiyoda Chuubu Primary School.
Address: Saga Prefecture, Kanzaki City, Chiyoda Town, Naotori 15-1.
https://flyteam.jp/registration/74502
AH-64D.
74502.
http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/wae/metabaru/3ath-pr.html
3ATH, JGSDF.
http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/news/press/2018/pdf/20180205_1.pdf
http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/news/press/2018/pdf/20180205_2.pdf
JGSDF News Releases.
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180205-00000057-asahi-soci
Office worker Kawaguchi Takashi (35), wife, son [first child], daughter [second child] lived in one house.
His parents lived in next house.
His daughter in one house, and his mother (69) in next house, left their houses when they heard crash noise.
http://www.fnn-news.com/news/headlines/articles/CONN00384050.html
http://www.fnn-news.com/news/headlines/articles/CONN00384062.html
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180205-00000051-asahi-soci.view-000
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/fnn?a=20180205-00000055-fnn-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180205-00000062-jij-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180205-00000542-san-pol
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180205-00010013-abema-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/ann?a=20180205-00000036-ann-pol
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/ann?a=20180205-00000038-ann-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/ann?a=20180205-00000044-ann-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/ann?a=20180205-00000045-ann-pol
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/fnn?a=20180205-00000046-fnn-soci
http://www.sankei.com/politics/news/180205/plt1802050045-n1.html
http://www.sankei.com/west/news/180205/wst1802050052-n1.html
https://this.kiji.is/333247613401072737
Don ChanMonday, 5 February 2018:
UH-60M.
NA-706.
Tai Tung Detachment, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Brigade, NASC (National Airborne Services Corps), Ministry of Interior, based at Tai Tung Feng Nian Airport, Tai Tung County.
11:09 PM, received medevac mission, and took off, from Tai Tung Feng Nian Airport.
Tasked to medevac patient from Lan Yu (officially Orchid Island in English) to Tai Tung MacKay Memorial Hospital.
11:48 PM, took off, from Lan Yu Airport.
Three minutes later, lost radar and radio contacts, missing, and no automatic distress signal from transponder.
Three crew (all men) and three passengers (one man).
Pilot: KANG Wan Fu (same by Chinese Mandarin (Pu Tong Hua) transliteration), 54.
Married with two children.
ROCN Academy graudate.
3,506 flight hours.
148 flight hours in UH-60M.
Daughter KANG Wen Yu, 25, was firefighter at Kao Hsiung City, and rushed back to Tai Tung City.
Co-pilot: TANG Wen Yen (TANG Wen Yan by Chinese Mandarin transliteration), 49.
Married with two children.
ROCN Academy graudate too.
2,089 flight hours.
216 flight hours in UH-60M.
Flight engineer: CHEN Kuan Hung (CHEN Guan Hong by Chinese Mandarin transliteration), 41.
Married with pregnant wife.
1,471 flight hours.
80 flight hours in UH-60M.
Patient, family name Zhang.
Pneumonia, and multiple organ failures state.
Patient’s relative, family name Huang (actually Zhang-Huang).
Nurse, family name Cai, 28.
Very compassionate to work at clinic on this remote island for 4+ years.
Tai Tung County Lan Yu Council politician HUANG Tian De said patient was his older sister’s husband, and patient’s relative was his sister.
http://ttw3.mmh.org.tw/ttw3_new/traffic/traffic1.html
Tai Tung MacKay Memorial Hospital (Tai Tung Ma Xie Ji Nian Yi Yuan).
https://udn.com/news/story/11311/2972243
Three years ago, ROCA bought 60 UH-60M, six of which allocated to NASC.
ROCA UH-60M painted black, while NASC UH-60M painted red.
Hua Lien and Tai Tung Detachments get three each.
Hua Lien Detachment currently has two, and will get a third.
Tai Tung Detachment 3rd anniversary ceremony on 9 February will be cancelled.
http://www.taitungcc.gov.tw/OurTeamDetail.aspx?Guid=24cda501-04fb-48de-b8df-f1eac4df21b6
HUANG Tian De.
KMT (Nationalist Party) member.
http://m.ltn.com.tw/news/society/breakingnews/2338924
https://tw.appledaily.com/new/realtime/20180210/1296143/
2018/02/10:
Black box signal 37.5 kHz detected at seabed, depth 800 to 850 m.
http://mso.kcg.gov.tw/ch/News.aspx?e5826631-3849-4c31-b942-50cdb29516f0
https://udn.com/news/story/7321/3058916
https://www.ydn.com.tw/News/283513
Thursday, 2018/03/29:
Three crew’s joint funeral ceremony, at Jing De Hall, Kao Hsiung City Funeral Home, Kao Hsiung City.
https://tw.appledaily.com/new/realtime/20180412/1333203/
Thursday, 2018/04/12:
Wreck recovered and transported by barge to pier.
Two bodies recovered from cabin.
Two women, that is, nurse and patient’s wife.
http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/18/2/6/n10119294.htm
https://www.ettoday.net/news/20180206/1108590.htm
https://www.ettoday.net/news/20180206/1108943.htm
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/china/realtime/article/20180206/57797527
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/02/07/2003687208
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3357393
https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/daily/20180207/37926790
Don ChanAs requested by a relative of a victim of the accident on 5 March 1965, I Googled for and found more details.
5 March 1965:
Grumman HU-16B (G-64) Albatross.
1264. 151264. C/N G263/21B.
2nd Squadron, RTN (Royal Thai Navy), based at RTNB U-Tapao.
Afternoon, crashed into mountain (not into sea), near Xi Bao (or Zhen Xi Bao), Jian Shi Town (Jian Shi Xiang), Hsin Chu County.
11 crew and passengers were killed.
ROC MND thanked three people for their assistance, including Xin Guang national elementary school principal WU Jia Zhi.
ROC MND thanked three other people for their assistance, including an examiner/inspector LI Guang Hua.
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/9/7/26/n2602041.htm
http://recreation.forest.gov.tw/RT/RT_2_1.aspx?TR_ID=038
Zhen Xi Bao, or called Cinsbu by local Tai Ya Tribe, is a primal forest.
http://www.hkps.hcc.edu.tw/files/11-1038-6.php
Hsin Chu County Hsin Kwang (or Xin Guang) Elementary School, at Xiu Luan Village (Xiu Luan Cun), Jian Shi Town (Jian Shi Xiang), Hsin Chu County.
http://www.hccst.gov.tw/content_edit.php?menu=2536&typeid=2550
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jianshi,_Hsinchu
Shin Chu (or Hsin Chu) County Jian Shih Town Office.
http://nrch.culture.tw/yearline.aspx?keyword=%e5%a4%b1%e4%ba%8b&advance…
ROC Ministry of Culture, National Repository of Cultural Heritage site has three relevant tiny B&W photos dated March 1965.
http://nrch.culture.tw/view.aspx?keyword=%E5%A4%B1%E4%BA%8B&s=553087&id=0005910238&proj=MOC_IMD_001
1965/03/12, afternoon, three RTN officers arrived at Taipei airport via Thai Airways, to deal with the aftermath of the accident, and welcomed by ROCN CIC Liu Guang Kai (not Liu “Ying” Kai).
Vice Admiral “Lu Ba Kong”.
Commander “Li Na Long Da”.
Lieutenant Junior Grade “Xu Chu Kang”.
http://nrch.culture.tw/view.aspx?keyword=%E5%A4%B1%E4%BA%8B&advanced=$3…
1965/03/13, first of three days of Buddhist praying ceremony for the victims’ souls.
RTN Vice Admiral “Zheng Kong Zhi Diao” was leaving Shan Dao Temple (Shan Dao Si).
http://nrch.culture.tw/view.aspx?keyword=%E5%A4%B1%E4%BA%8B&advanced=$3…
1965/03/19, afternoon, victims’ bodies arrived at Bangkok via ROCAF aircraft.
Received by accident aircraft (or squadron?) commander Colonel “Song Ban” widow, RTN CIC “Gan Ji Pi” (probably Kanchitpon), RTAF CIC “Wen Chu” (probably Bunchu), ROC Ambassador (in Thailand) Lie Yu Wan, and other relatives/children.
http://www.shandaotemple.org.tw/sd8.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shandao_Temple
Shan Dao Temple.
http://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-grumman-g-64-albatross-taipei-11-killed
http://www.baaa-acro.com/1965/archives/crash-of-a-grumman-g-64-albatross-in-taipeh-11-killed/
Crew on board: 2
Pax on board: 9
Total fatalities: 11
http://www.thai-aviation.net/accidents2.htm
“Missing shortly after take-off from Taipei en route Bangkok; 11 on board
(Note: was returning to Thailand from Japan after servicing)”
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E5%BB%A3%E5%87%B1
LIU Guang Kai (1914/07/13 – 1991/05/08) was ROCN CIC from 1965/01/25 to 1966/08/16.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Royal_Thai_Navy#Royal_Thai_Navy
RTN CIC was Admiral Prince Kanchitpon Apakorn from 1964 to 1966.
RTAF CIC was Air Chief Marshal Bunchu Chantharubeksa from 1960 to 1974.
Paraphrased from Duey (2018/02/05):
Passengers included Sergeant Major Adisak Songmoonnark.
Had four children aged 4 to under 1 year old.
Aircraft also reported as crashed into “Luang Sun” Mountain.
http://archive.mnd.gov.tw/index/idx_items.asp?idx=00029447
http://www.fader.dyndns.org/wings/11-Navy/113-Albatross.htm
http://nc.kl.edu.tw/bbs/archive/index.php/t-3081-p-29.html
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/escape5306/article?mid=3845&page=1#3847
Don Chan>Thursday, 17 August 2017:
>CH-101.
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170922-00000008-tysv-l35
http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/politics/article/20170922000179
2017/09/22:
JMSDF announced cause as pilots’ mistakes.
While hovering and hoisting down cargo, co-pilot increased engine output too much.
Pilot used another lever to decrease engine output.
Co-pilot not aware of pilot’s action, and continued to increase engine output.
Helicopter vertically vibrated, and after crash-landed, continued to bounce up and down, lost balance, and rolled onto side.
Pilot and co-pilot at same time did different actions were human mistake, not mechanical failure.
13 same type helicopters would resume flights from tomorrow.
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170922-00000008-tysv-l35
http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/politics/article/20170922000179
March 2017:
JASDF, based at Komatsu AB, Ishikawa Prefecture.
During inspection, in ammunition depot, several air to air missiles for F-15, were discovered as damaged.
Repair would cost 29.5 million Yen.
2017/09/22:
JASDF announced cause as trailers that carried the missiles, had collided.
JASDF would investigate who were responsible for the damage, and why no one reported the damage.
http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/politics/article/20170922000160
http://www.sankei.com/west/news/170922/wst1709220101-n1.html
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