Taiwan F5 jet crashed and rumored to have fell at Starlight
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RIP
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will these dead nsf get military funeral?
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I dunno my fren okay or not??? My fren nw in starlight...
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The two injured Singapore soldiers are in critical condition.Taiwan TV report very detail,they even shows Singapore soldier face.How about our media?
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well.. you know the routine.Originally posted by Frogleg888:The two injured Singapore soldiers are in critical condition.Taiwan TV report very detail,they even shows Singapore soldier face.How about our media? 
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I cursed you and your family no good end.Originally posted by danls79:wtf want to die go crash at your own ppl place why cash to our side knn it is not as if we are not paying rental for the camp
Kindly show some respect and grivence to this servicemen who has died.
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May you be bloody f**ked and knocked down on the road! While you talk big at home, the very air of freedom you breathe is paid for by the sweat and bloody of those willing! So BLOODY RESPECT THEM!Originally posted by danls79:wtf want to die go crash at your own ppl place why cash to our side knn it is not as if we are not paying rental for the camp
Salutes to the 4 deceased...RIP. -
The two servicemen who died in the incident have been identified as 19-year-old Corporal (CPL) Isz Sazli Bin Sapari and 23-year-old Private (PTE) Fan Yao Jin.
source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/275621/1/.html -
My condolences to their family and friends.
May god bless them.
Hopefully our government gives them a proper military funeral.
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well, i feel someone shud actually write to the papers to suggest a military funeral. yes,those two who were killed were not of high ranks, but they died for the nation in the NO.4 . i tink they shud be promoted posthumously too for tt very same reason. so i feel it's fitting for them to be sent off in NO. 1 .Originally posted by VagueHart:My condolences to their family and friends.
May god bless them.
Hopefully our government gives them a proper military funeral.
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I'm of the opinion that they should get full honours.
It's still death in the line of duty.
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What i do hope is the government will give a good amount of compensation to the family of the servicemen who died cause they may be the only child in the family.This is the least the government can do i think which is also the most piratical at the moment.the dead won't have anymore feeling in this world anymore but it is the living families who suffer the most now
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Agreed with LL
I hope that SAF will recognise that the two men died in the line of duty and will be accorded the full military honours deserving of those who die in non -combat incidents.
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It will be a day that SAF will remember that it has lost two lives in the line of duty...
Hopefully they can get a full military burial with full honours...
Rank should not be a deterrent of the men that lost their lives...
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At the same time, we should remember all those who have lost their lives during training.
At 40 years, it's timely that we have to remember and not forget them.
RIP.
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Requiescat in Pace
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which camp? Hukou?
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Media reported it as Hukou Air Base.Originally posted by Master -_-:which camp? Hukou? -
if its Hukou air base, it's surrounded by a dense forest with lots and lots of shophouses skirting the forest...but the sad thing is, from Hukou Air base to the nearest hospital is around 45-1hr max
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Some say Hukou Military Base. Well, anyway the crashed F-5 was taking part in EX Han Kuang.Originally posted by Master -_-:if its Hukou air base, it's surrounded by a dense forest with lots and lots of shophouses skirting the forest...but the sad thing is, from Hukou Air base to the nearest hospital is around 45-1hr max -
May 11, 2007, 4.14 pm (Singapore time)
2 S'poreans killed in fighter jet crash in Taiwan
The two injured Singaporeans, said to be in critical condition, have been sent to the Taipei's Tri-Service General Hospital. -- TVBS
TAIPEI - A MILITARY exercise in northern Taiwan turned tragic when two Singaporean soldiers were killed and nine others were left injured.
The accident, which happened on Friday morning also left two Taiwanese fighter pilots dead.
According to Taiwan's defence ministry, an F-5F jet crashed into a military compound in Hsinchun county during its annual 'Han Kuang' military exercise.
The two SAF servicemen who died in the crash are 19-year-old Corporal Isz Sazli Sapari and 22-year-old Private Fan Yao Jin.
The two-seat warplane crashed at 9.38am, 30 minutes after take-off from an air base in Taitong, south-east of the island during a simulation of a ground attack, according to the defence ministry.
The cause of the crash at the Hu-kou military base was not immediately known, the islandÂ’s defence ministry said in a statement.
But Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence spokesman, Rear-Admiral Wu Chi Fang said the pair killed were not taking part in FridayÂ’s drill, adding that the cause of the crash was under investigation.
In a statement, Singapore's defence ministry, MINDEF, said that the Taiwan Air Force F-5F aircraft crashed into a storeroom which was gutted by a fire.
The servicemen, including Full-Time National Servicemen (NSF), were present at the storeroom at that time.
The bodies of the Corporal Isz Sazli and Private Fan were flown to a mortuary in Taoyuan, north of Taiwan, while the two injured Singaporeans, said to be in critical condition,have been sent to the Taipei's Tri-Service General Hospital.
Reports say the two suffered 60 to 70 per cent burns on their bodies.
A team of five SAF doctors are now in Taiwan to help stabalise the conditions the two servicemen.
Meanwhile, the SAF and Mindef extended their condolences to the families of the pair who died and will fly them to Taiwan.
Singapore's Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean has expressed his deep concern for affected servicemen and their families. He said that Mindef and the SAF will 'do all they can to look after their well-being' but the victims' families need to be 'realistic' on amount of compensation they can get.
Mr Teo, who is in touch with Taiwanese authorities, said Mindef and the SAF will be investigating the incident.
The two pilots who died in the crash were an instructor and intelligence officer.
All remaining F-5F fighters participating in the drill — 60 or so — were immediately grounded for safety inspections, together with all F-5Es in the fleet. The Air Force has also grounded F-Es for safety inspections.
Mr Lee however said the live-fire “Han Kuang (Han Glory) 23” manoeuvres would go on as scheduled next week.
Taiwan prepares to showcase its military strength, beginning next Monday, in five days of exercises designed to test its defence capabilities. -- Additional sources from AFP, AP -
but the victims' families need to be 'realistic' on amount of compensation they can get
Dunno la but to me, this quote seems disturbing to me
From the defence minister some more...kaoz..further dampen the trust and belief i have with the minsitry already. i think the corporal is already finishing and the private was his understudy.. poor lads.. By now, the body of the corporal will be flown back to SG already for burial.. -
It's something I'm going to be following closely.
I believe more people should raise this issue..especially on the outside.
You know what makes this chilling, because Hukou and the Log ppl, could very well have been any person I know.
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Originally posted by Master -_-:
In all fairness, the accident has nothing to do with SAF. It was certainly not negligence on SAF's part.
[b]but the victims' families need to be 'realistic' on amount of compensation they can get
Dunno la but to me, this quote seems disturbing to me
From the defence minister some more...kaoz..further dampen the trust and belief i have with the minsitry already.[/b]
The Taiwanese military should pay the bulk of the compensation. -
Which MINDEF has a duty to do so, in the issue of pressing strongly.Originally posted by Icemoon:In all fairness, the accident has nothing to do with SAF. It was certainly not negligence on SAF's part.
The Taiwanese military should pay the bulk of the compensation.