Taiwan's retired general Zhang Yanting said on a local media program on the 7th that the F-16V pilot Xin Boyi handled the situation very properly, reporting while dealing with it. At 4,000 feet, he couldn't see the leader aircraft because there was a layer of cloud, and at 5,000 feet, there was also a layer of cloud. It was easy to have illusions when suddenly entering and exiting the clouds, and it was even easier to have illusions at night than during the day. During the day, you can refer to the ground and the cloud layer in the air, but at night it's all dark. He then mentioned "two lost," meaning losing contact with the leader aircraft in the clouds, and he left, flying alone. He had been following the leader aircraft, but when they lost contact in the clouds, the modular mission computer (MMC) failed, which is very important because the flight data was on it.
Host Xie Yaozhou asked, regarding the East Control Office, there was a shot showing a distant flash of light, and it was right at the time of the accident, 7:28 PM. Was this the fighter jet already exploded and on fire, or what kind of situation? Zhang Yanting responded that when the plane is fast, hitting the sea surface is similar to hitting the ground. At such a high speed, upon impact, it would explode immediately. The engine has fuel, so there would be fire, but since it's on the sea, everything is water, and the fire would go out immediately.
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