TAIPEI: Eight military officials including Taiwan’s top general have been confirmed dead after the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crashed in northern Taiwan, Alzajeera reported on Thursday.
Chief of general staff General Shen Yi-ming, 62, and other officials were on a routine mission to visit soldiers in Yilan when the military helicopter crashed-landed.
Five others have been rescued.
The military officials were on a routine mission to visit soldiers in the northeast Yilan county before the lunar new year later this month.
(Agencies)
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