At the Shunfeng Airfield in Xizhou Township, Changhua County, a light aircraft Shark made an emergency landing and crashed, killing both the instructor and the trainees on board.

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The coach was an 18-year-old Japanese man who was an F-16 pilot student

[Reporter Ding Yi/Taipei Report] A Shark plane crashed at the Shunfeng Airfield in Xizhou Township, Changhua County at 3:00 pm today (16th). The 18-year-old Japanese student Hideki Honda and the 54-year-old Taiwanese coach Lin Guoyu were killed.

Yu Haowei, a former flight instructor at the Air Force Academy, said that many retired pilots still want to fly, and they will serve as instructors. Light aircraft can be divided into experience flying and learning to fly light aircraft. The general public can sign up to learn to fly light aircraft.

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Yu Haowei explained that light aircraft are ultra-light aircraft. Although inspections are not as strict as general passenger aircraft and military aircraft, there are still certain standards. The cost of expensive light aircraft is about several million to tens of millions. It is also relatively simple, and the relevant insurance is relatively small.

Yu Haowei pointed out that many retired pilots still want to fly, and some of them choose to fly commercial aircraft, but long-distance routes often have jet lag problems, and many light aircraft in Taiwan can also fly legally, so some people choose to fly in Light aircraft as instructors.

Yu Haowei said that as far as he knows, flying a light aircraft can be divided into experience flying or students learning how to fly a light aircraft. The experience flight costs at least 7,000 yuan for one hour; higher.

As for the cause of the crash, it is still impossible to judge. Yu Haowei said that there may be human or mechanical reasons. Although it is not sure whether the coach called for help before the crash, he also emphasized that the first thing to do when the crash was to save the plane rather than call for help, so there is no It is more common to call for help, and the public should not be too surprised.