03 December 2019
Taiwan Night Medevac Helicopter Take Off Accident
On 5 February 2018 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter NA-706 of the Taiwanese Ministry of the Interior National Airborne Service Corps (NASC), conducting a nighttime air ambulance medevac flight, departed Lanyu Airport on Orchid Island off the South East coast of Taiwan. Contact was lost with the helicopter approximately 81 seconds after take off as it crashed into the sea. The 6 persons on board (two flight crew, one rear crew, a medical passenger, the patient and a family member) were killed.
