WASHINGTON (AP) — A Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet made an emergency touchdown at Daniel Okay. Inouye Worldwide Airport in Hawaii on Monday afternoon, and the U.S. Air Drive pilot who was flying the plane was taken to the hospital for remedy, U.S. officers mentioned Tuesday.
Based on officers, the plane appeared to have issues with its touchdown gear and the pilot declared an in-flight emergency and landed. A netting barrier was used to gradual and cease the aircraft, and the nostril gear collapsed after contact with the web, officers mentioned.
The pilot was not recognized and was not significantly injured, mentioned the officers, who spoke on situation of anonymity to debate particulars previous to the completion of the investigation.
The U.S. routinely sells F-16s to Taiwan. It was unclear if the U.S. navy pilot was testing the plane or making ready to ship it to Taiwan.
The U.S. has packages to retrofit and improve older fashions of the F-16 for Taiwan, in addition to plans to ship new fashions of the plane. It wasn’t clear if the fighter jet was new or an older model.
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