Military retrieves F-16V black boxStaff writer, with CNAThe military has found and retrieved the flight data recorder of an F-16V jet that disappeared off eastern Taiwan in January and is to send it to its manufacturer in the US to decode the data. Air Force Command Headquarters in a statement yesterday said that the salvage company responsible for the mission successfully retrieved the flight data recorder, better known as the black box, in waters off Taiwan on Monday. Air force headquarters in Taipei’s Dazhi area is pictured in an undated photograph. Eight seconds later, the jet’s signal disappeared from radar while it was flying off the coast of Fengbin (豐濱) in Hualien County, the air force said. The air force subsequently set up an emergency response center, and launched a search-and-rescue operation, but it has not been able to find Hsin.

Source: Taipei Times March 17, 2026 16:18 UTC