A Taiwanese Air Force officer died after being sucked into the engine of a fighter jet, officials said.
The incident reportedly happened at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base on Tuesday while the master sergeant was performing a pre-shutdown inspection of the aircraft.Taiwan’s Air Force said the officer was "inhaled by the engine for unknown reasons." She later was pronounced dead after life-saving efforts were unsuccessful.
Taiwan’s Air Force also said that it will "fully assist the family in handling the aftermath" and that it will "conduct a comprehensive review and improve the work process to prevent similar cases from happening again." The plane involved in the incident was an Indigenous Defense Fighter, the Taipei Times reported, adding that the victim served in the military for around 17 years.
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