The light aircraft of the "Shunfeng Flying Club" crashed in the Zhuoshui River bed in Xizhou Township, Changhua County yesterday. The fire brigade was called to rescue.

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Crashed on the bed of Zhuoshui Creek

[Reporters Yan Hongjun, Ding Yi/Comprehensive Report] The "Shunfeng Flying Club" founded by former Air Force pilot Rao Ziqiang in Changhua County reported a plane crash yesterday. The two-seater light aircraft driven by coach Lin Guoyu and carrying Japanese passenger Honda Yingxi , crashed in the Zhuoshui River bed of Xizhou Township, Changhua County, and then caught fire. When the fire brigade was informed and arrived, two people were burnt to charred corpses. This was also the first flight accident in the club.

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Lin Peida, executive director of the Transportation Safety Investigation Committee, pointed out that the investigation was filed as soon as it was notified yesterday, and two investigators were dispatched to understand the impact and the burning of the aircraft body. Arrive at the scene and collect further information, and the National Transport Safety Committee will analyze the cause of the accident based on the data; officials from the Civil Aviation Administration also said that they have sent personnel to the scene to cooperate with the National Transport Safety Committee's investigation.

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18-year-old came to Taiwan to experience flying

The light aircraft involved in the accident is known as the world's fastest ultralight aircraft "Shark Plane". The accident happened at 3:20 pm yesterday. The experience flight was held as usual. Japanese high school student Hideki Honda (18 years old) got on the plane after being explained by his coach Lin Guoyu (54 years old). After about an hour of flying, the plane crashed when he was about to land on the runway.

An eyewitness said that he was sitting on the embankment of Zhuoshui River watching the plane take off and land, and found that the light aircraft was about to land, but failed. The plane dived down, and the distance from the intended landing place to the crash site was about 1,000 meters. The crash site was on the bed of the Zhuoshui River, only 300 meters away from the flight center.

Mom and aunt witness the fall

The Changhua County Fire Department mobilized to rescue, but when they arrived at the scene, they found that the ground had been burned and the two dead had been burned to charred bodies.

It is understood that the deceased Hideki Honda traveled to Taiwan with his mother and aunt from Japan. In order to experience flying, he even went to the Shunfeng Flying Club. When the accident happened, his mother and aunt were at the flight reception center on the ground, watching the plane crash. ground.

Coach Lin Guoyu retired as a pilot

The other deceased was coach Lin Guoyu. Lin retired as a colonel of the Air Force. He joined the "Shunfeng Club" in April last year. The total flying time in his career exceeded 1936 hours. 5 fighter flight officer, IDF fighter combat officer (back seat), very rich flight qualifications.

Nearly 2,000 hours of flying in his career

"Shunfeng Flying Club" was established by Rao Ziqiang last year, and it is also the first legal flying field in Changhua County. Regarding the cause of the accident, Shunfeng Club refused to explain yesterday. At the same time, it blocked the scene and refused to interview. message.

The flight instructor Lin Guoyu who had the accident.

(Taken from the "Flying Downwind Club" Facebook page)