Female Taiwan Air Force Officer Dies After Being ‘Sucked’ Into Fighter Jet Engine
“A master sergeant surnamed Hu (胡) was doing a routine final checkup of the fighter jet before it turned off its engines, but for unknown reasons, Hu was sucked into an engine.” -- Taiwan's Air Force Command Headquarters
(DEFENCE SECURITY ASIA) – A female Air Force officer was killed after being sucked into the engine of a fighter jet, Taiwan’s Air Force Command Headquarters said on Tuesday (Jan 21).
The incident happened on Tuesday morning at Taichung’s Ching Chuan Kang Air Force Base.
Local media reports said the jet was an F-CK-1 Indigenous Defence Fighter aircraft.
The female officer was performing a routine final inspection of the fighter jet that had just landed before its engine was switched off, said the authority.
For “unknown reasons”, she was sucked into the right-side engine of the jet, it added.
Taiwanese F-CK-1 fighter jet
“A master sergeant surnamed Hu (胡) was doing a routine final checkup of the fighter jet before it turned off its engines, but for unknown reasons, Hu was sucked into an engine.”
The officer was immediately sent to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment but was later pronounced dead by doctors, it said.
The Air Force said it is investigating the cause of the accident, adding that it will conduct a thorough review to prevent such incidents from happening again.