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#Taiwan Army Pilot Arrested for Attempting To Defect to #China
— Indo-Pacific News – Geo-Politics & Defense News (@IndoPac_Info) December 12, 2023
An Army officer with Taiwan's military has allegedly plotted to defect to China with a Chinook helicopter for $15 million and tickets to Thailand. – TaiwanPlus Newspic.twitter.com/T6ShEqOQ7L
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“To defect, he had been instructed that when People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) military aircraft conducting exercises neared Taiwan, he was to fly a Boeing CH-47 Chinook military helicopter at low altitude along the coastline” https://t.co/2pbP7fowKJ
— Faithkeeper 推特谈兵 (@tpenghui) December 12, 2023
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Taipei Times reports that a Taiwanese (🇹🇼) Chinook pilot was offered $15 million to deflect with his helicopter to China (🇨🇳). The plan was to land the CH-47SD transport helicopter on a Chinese aircraft carrier in the Taiwan Strait.https://t.co/ZgbjaKERnq pic.twitter.com/mCkJDSkpP7
— Bizjets of War (@bizjetsofwar) December 11, 2023
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