What happened
During a scheduled local training mission operating out of Pingtung, a group of six aircraft was performing maneuvers in a coordinated formation. While the group was in the cruise phase of flight, three of the participating aircraft simultaneously collided with a mountain slope located in the vicinity of Pingtung.
The impact with the terrain resulted in the total destruction of all three involved aircraft. The incident claimed the lives of all eighteen individuals on board across the three machines. Each of the crashed aircraft was carrying a crew of six at the time of the accident.
Findings
- The collision occurred while the aircraft were flying in a multi-plane formation.
- All three aircraft struck the mountain slope at the same time.