Fighter jet overshoots runway; no one injured
ROC Central News Agency
2013/08/07 17:48:59
An AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo fighter jet (CNA file photo)
Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) An Air Force fighter jet overshot the runway at an air force base in Tainan on Wednesday but no one was hurt, officials said.
The AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo, also known as the Indigenous Defence Fighter (IDF), was coming in to land at the military base in southern Taiwan at 9: 51 a.m., when it overshot the runway and landed on a grassy area.
The pilot was unhurt and there were no casualties on the ground, the officials said.
The flight was part of a regular training session, the military said, quashing speculation that it was a rehearsal for an air show on Saturday.
The air force did not explain the cause of the incident, saying only it will repair the damage to the jet fighter.
(By Yang Sz-ruei and Maia Huang)
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