1 week agoTaroko 408 vehicle derailed in Hualien "Clear Water Tunnel", 48 people had no signs of life (40 people were waiting for the prosecutor's examination at the scene, 7 people were transferred to the funeral home by the shuttle bus to Xincheng Railway Station, and 1 person was sent to the hospital He was later declared dead), 66 people were sent to hospitals (8 from Mennonite Hospital, 9 from Hualien Hospital, 28 from Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, 12 from National Army Hualien General Hospital, 5 from Suao Veterans Hospital, Luodong Boai Hospital 4 people) There are no trapped persons in the carriage.
1 week agoA train crash in Taiwan has left at least 36 people without vital signs, the Transportation Ministry says, and many passengers remain trapped
36 suspected dead in Taiwan train derailment: railway police
1 week agoA packed train has derailed in a tunnel in Taiwan at the start of a long holiday weekend with authorities saying at least four passengers appear to be dead and dozens of others injured. President Tsai has ordered hospitals to prepare for a mass casualty event
Taiwan Railway Authority said the initial inspection points the cause of the accident to a construction car that wasn't parked properly nearby, and the car slipped down towards the train track and hit the train which was passing by
2 week agoTaiwan has decided to purchase 1 upgraded version of Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) surface-to-air missiles, the Air Force said on Wednesday, as the island ramps up its forces to guard against a growing threat from China
BBC's China Correspondent John Sudworth has left Beijing after intense criticism from Chinese govt & citizens of outlet's recent coverage
Biden and Suga to note Taiwan Strait in April joint statement
2 week agoUS Navy MQ-4C Triton AE5C76 active near Taiwan
2 week ago10 KJ-500 AEW and C, Y-8 ASW, J-16 * 4 and J-10 * 4 planes from the PLA of China entered southwestern Taiwan's ADIZ on March 29. ROCAF deployed patrol aircraft & air defense missile systems to observe activities
2 week agoFlight of Chinese aircraft in the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean
"We now largely use land-based missile forces to track them. We are considering the war of attrition issue," Deputy Defence Minister Chang Che-ping said in parliament
Reuters: Taiwan's defence minister said in October that Taiwan had spent almost $900 million so far in 2020 on scrambling its air force against Chinese incursions, describing the pressure they are facing as "great"
Reuters: Taiwan's air force is no longer scrambling each time Chinese aircraft encroach on its air defence identification zone but tracks the intruders with ground based missiles instead to help save resources, a senior official said on Monday
2 week agoChina: The MinDéf broadcast 1 video of the flight of the PLA air force in the ADIZ of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Taiwan's MinDéf reported 1 violation of its air defense zone by 20 PLA planes, including 4 Xian H-6K bombers
2 week agoTaiwan Ministry of National Defense, R.O.C.: 20 PLA aircraft (Y-8 ASW*2, KJ-500 AEW&C, H-6K*4, J-16*10, J-10*2 and Y-8 RECCE) entered Taiwan's southwest ADIZ on Mar. 26, 2021
A report issued by the Institute for National Defense and Security Research in Taiwan indicates that Chinese military aircraft made 380 incursions into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) throughout 2020
2 week agoThree Y-8 ASW and J-10 * 2 planes from the PLA of China entered southwestern Taiwan ADIZ on March 25, 2021. ROCAF deployed patrol aircraft & air defense missile systems to monitor activities
3 week agoThree Y-8 ASW and J-10 * 2 planes entered the ADIZ of southwest Taiwan on the afternoon of March 24, 2021. ROCAF deployed patrol planes & air defense missile systems to monitor activities
3 week agoTwo Chinese PLA J-10 planes entered southwest Taiwan's ADIZ on the morning of March 22, 2021. ROCAF deployed patrol planes.
[email protected], after questioning Adm Aquilino, warns China might be tempted to go for Taiwan following the conclusion of the the Being Winter Olympics on Feb 23, 2022 - along the lines of what Russia did with Crimea following the Sochi games
Adm. Aquilino tells Senate panel the 'most dangerous' concern in the Pacific is an attack on Taiwan
A Taiwanese air force pilot was killed and another was missing on Monday after their fighter jets disappeared in a suspected mid-air collision off the island's southern coast, officials said
3 week agoAn ejection seat was found approximately 6km from Syuhai Fishing Port
Two Taiwan fighter jets missing after suspected mid-air collision
3 week agoPolice has cordoned off the area
3 week agoF-5E ejection seat
3 week agoBlack Hawk off Mudan, Taiwan. Search-and-rescue of F-5E pilots. One of the F-5 tail number is 5087
3 week agoTwo F-5Es crashes in Taiwan
3 week agoUSAF Combat Sent 64-14849 orbiting over the Strait of Taiwan