Taiwan air force suspends training after second fatal accident in 2022

Taiwanese Air Force pilots at a military base in Hsinchu on April 1, 2022. - AFP

TAIPEI (Reuters): Taiwan's air force suspended flight training of new pilots on Tuesday (May 31) after a jet trainer crashed killing its pilot, the defence ministry said, the second fatal accident the air force has experienced in 2022.

The ministry said the AT-3 jet crashed during a training mission from the Gangshan air base in the southern city of Kaohsiung and the body of the pilot had already been found.