Sea patrol personnel experience auditory hallucinations and Taiwanese fighter jets drop bombs: the shock wave affects sea patrol personnel several kilometers away, causing auditory hallucinations | Taiwanese fighter jets drop bombs: the shock wave affects several kilometers away
According to Taiwan's China Times News on the 13th, at 2:30 pm on August 9th, an F-16V fighter jet at the Chiayi Base of the Taiwan Air Force dropped a 2000 pound bomb while carrying out an air-to-ground bomb dropping mission, failing to hit the target. The powerful shockwave affected patrol ships several kilometers away.
On that day, the personnel on the patrol ship mistakenly believed that the bomb was exploding at close range, and even some ship personnel were so scared that they dared not board the ship. Afterwards, they experienced insomnia and auditory hallucinations. The report stated that an accident occurred on the day of the exercise, suspected to be due to a calculation error, and the bomb did not fall into the target area. Even though the bomb is still within a safe range, the huge shock wave generated still causes dizziness and dizziness among police boat personnel several kilometers away.
The Taiwan Air Force apologized and stated that it has requested relevant personnel to implement pre flight task reminders and will strengthen training.