Focus Taiwan
Date: 2020/01/04
By: Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, Jan. 4 (CNA) Information recorded on two flight data recorders which were recovered from the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crash on Thursday, has been analyzed and the results will be sent to the Ministry of National Defense (MND) later Saturday, the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB) said.

Data from the recorders, known as black boxes, was comprehensive and will answer all questions related to the crash that killed eight of the 13 military personnel on board, including Taiwan's top military officer Chief of General Staff Shen Yi-ming (沈一鳴), a TTSB official said.

The UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter was carrying military personnel to a base in Dong'ao, Yilan County for a pre-Lunar New Year inspection, when it went down in the mountains of Wulai, New Taipei City, at 8:07 a.m. Thursday.

Military investigators extracted the black boxes around 10:40 a.m. Friday from the wreckage of the crash located near the Tonghou River in Wulai District, on the border between New Taipei City and Yilan County.    [FULL  STORY]