Focus Taiwan
Date: 2020/01/02
By: Matt Yu, Huang Li-yun and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Jan. 2 (CNA) Taiwan has grounded 52 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters after the nation's chief of general staff and seven other officers were killed when a military Black Hawk helicopter crashed in a mountainous region in the north of the country Thursday.

The Air Force has grounded the 14 Black Hawk helicopters in its fleet and the Army its fleet of 30 for inspections of dynamic, radar and control systems, as well as fuselage structure, a military spokesman said.

Meanwhile, the National Airborne Service Corps (NASC) said it has suspended training operations with its eight UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.

Chief of General Staff Shen Yi-ming (沈一鳴) was among eight officers who died when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed in New Taipei's Wulai District en route to a military base in Dong'ao, Yilan County Thursday, as part of a pre-Lunar New Year visit to troops.    [FULL  STORY]