Pilot parachutes to safety: fighter jet crashes into the sea after engine failure

A new advanced trainer aircraft (advanced trainer) "Brave Eagle" independently developed and built by the Taiwan Air Force crashed during training in Taitung on Saturday morning (February 15), and the pilot parachuted to be rescued. This is the first such accident of the Brave Eagle advanced trainer aircraft, a representative of Taiwan's "national aircraft and national production", since it began to be delivered in 2021.

Pilot rescued after parachuting out of Brave Eagle jet trainer - Focus Taiwan

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) An Air Force pilot who parachuted from a Brave Eagle jet trainer was rescued after both engines of his aircraft apparently failed, causing it to crash into the waters off Taitung, eastern Taiwan, on Saturday morning.

The first T-5 Brave Eagle training aircraft crashed near Taitung, Taiwan. The pilot survived the crash by parachuting.

Pilot parachutes to safety: fighter jet crashes into the sea after engine failure

A pilot was rescued after ejecting from an air force Brave Eagle advanced trainer jet shortly after take off from Chih-hang Air Base in Taitung City this morning, February 15. According to Air Force Command, a single pilot was aboard when the left engine failed shortly after take-off at around 8:40 am. The pilot ejected and parachuted into the sea. Another aircraft flying in formation with the crashed aircraft guided rescuers to the location of …