{"id":152332,"date":"2026-06-02T05:42:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T05:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152332"},"modified":"2026-06-02T05:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T05:42:36","slug":"2-taiwan-air-force-pilots-die-in-t-34c-crash-spurring-probe-and-debate-over-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152332","title":{"rendered":"2 Taiwan air force pilots die in T-34C crash, spurring probe and debate over aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA Taiwanese air force aircraft crashed during a training mission on Tuesday, killing two experienced pilots and prompting renewed scrutiny of the island\u2019s ageing fleet of T-34 basic trainers.<br \/>\nThe T-34C aircraft went down at about 8.08am at Gangshan Air Base in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, while conducting a simulated engine-failure exercise, according to the island\u2019s air force.<br \/>\nBoth pilots on board, Lieutenant Colonel Kuo Chun-nan and Lieutenant Colonel Lu Chi-yu, were killed.<\/p>\n<p>The air force&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3355648\/2-taiwan-air-force-pilots-die-t-34c-crash-spurring-probe-and-debate-over-aircraft?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA Taiwanese air force aircraft crashed during a training mission on Tuesday, killing two experienced pilots and prompting renewed scrutiny of the island\u2019s ageing&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152332"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}