F-16 Training Resumes While Search Continues for Missing Pilot

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Training on Taiwan's fleet of F-16 fighter jets has resumed following the loss of one of the planes off the country's east coast last week. The search for the plane's missing pilot continues and the military is investigating the crash to find lessons that could prevent future accidents.

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00:00Taiwan's F-16 jets are back in the air over the eastern city of Hualien,

00:08a week after being grounded after one crash of Taiwan's east coast.

00:12Taiwan's Navy and Coast Guard are still searching for the missing pilots,

00:16with the Defense Ministry saying dozens of vessels and over 1,200 personnel have been mobilized.

00:30Taiwan's military began inspecting its fleets of F-16s immediately after the January 6th crash,

00:47suspending all but surveillance and critical defense flights.

00:51Taiwan's Air Force say they've checked the fighters' equipment

00:53and held new specialized training for pilots and ground crews

00:57to ensure all systems are functioning properly.

01:00What they're looking at may be a hint to what they think went wrong last week.

01:04They think something caused the pilot to become lost or confused,

01:08a condition known as spatial disorientation.

01:10包含EGI,包含这个有可能是错觉空间迷向,

01:16所以这个空军司令部就会下令我们这次的天安特检有哪些重要的东西,

01:21同时会针对比较特殊的这些装备,

01:25也就是我们这次讲的NNC电脑,

01:27EGI部分做强化性的检查,

01:30那人员的部分的话,

01:31会针对人员实施相关的规定的授课,

01:34还有模拟机的训练,

01:35试飞之后没有问题之后就开始执行任务。

01:38There have been as many as 11 crashes in the F-16's

01:42nearly three decades of service in Taiwan.

01:45Experts say the American-made fighter is more complex

01:48and physically demanding than conventional aircraft,

01:51making better training critical.

01:52包含人员的身体的训练,

01:56包含我们模拟机的训练,

01:58包含我们的所谓的空间迷向机,

02:01错觉相关的训练,

02:03这个部分都要去加强。

02:08With the search for the missing pilots

02:10now entering its seventh day,

02:12well past the critical 72-hour golden window for rescue,

02:16the chances of a happy ending to last week's crash

02:19are looking increasingly slim.

02:21As Taiwan's F-16s return to the sky,

02:24the focus may now shift to what the military

02:26can learn from the incident.

02:29Fu Hua Hong and Ellen Lu for Taiwan Plus.

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