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Maikeru

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There's been a crash of Mirage 2000, the pilot is "fine".

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I put fine in quotes because while he's physically fine his rescue was something else. After being spotted and picked up by rescue helicopter the wrench on the helicopter failed and the pilot and rescue diver was only pulled half way up into the helicopter. They veto'd the plan for the helicopter to fly them directly to Hsinchu while they hang underneath, instead the helicopter lowered them to near the sea and they jumped into the water and was picked up by a waiting rescue boat. Then another helicopter was called but the boat that picked them up was too small for them to attempt to get the pilot into the rescue harness, so it was suggested to the pilot for him to swim to a bigger boat that was approaching and then try the 2nd helicopter again. Pilot suggested at this point to just never mind the helicopter and get him to a hospital by boat.

Worth noting flight hour for this pilot: he graduated from flight school in 2016, in the 8 years between then and now he racked up 509 hours on Mirage 2000, or about 64 hours a year.
He may have been flying other types as well as M2K.
 
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