{"source_url": "https://www.financialexpress.com", "url": "https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/taiwans-top-military-official-missing-after-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing/1810154/", "title": "Taiwan\u2019s top military official missing after helicopter makes emergency landing", "top_image": "https://images.financialexpress.com/2020/01/1-43.jpg", "meta_img": "https://images.financialexpress.com/2020/01/1-43.jpg", "images": ["https://images.financialexpress.com/2020/01/1-43.jpg", "https://images.financialexpress.com/2019/12/oneplus-headphones-660-300x200.jpg?w=200&h=134&imflag=true", "https://images.financialexpress.com/2019/01/budget-income-tax-calculator-banner-1.jpg", "https://images.financialexpress.com/2019/12/OnePlus-Q1-TV-660-300x200.jpg?w=200&h=134&imflag=true", "https://www.financialexpress.com/wp-content/plugins/a3-lazy-load/assets/images/lazy_placeholder.gif", "https://www.financialexpress.com/wp-content/themes/vip/financialexpress/assets/images/fe-logo-with-read-to-lead-reverse.svg", "https://images.financialexpress.com/2019/12/oneplus-660-300x200.jpg?w=200&h=134&imflag=true", "https://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=8738137&cv=2.0&cj=1", "https://images.financialexpress.com/2019/12/oneplus-660-1-300x200.jpg?w=200&h=134&imflag=true", "https://www.financialexpress.com/wp-content/themes/vip/financialexpress/assets/images/fe-logo-with-read-to-lead.svg", "https://images.financialexpress.com/2019/12/Oneplus-tv-660-300x200.jpg?w=200&h=134&imflag=true", "https://www.financialexpress.com/wp-content/themes/vip/financialexpress/assets/images/fe-logo-new.svg"], "movies": [], "text": "Taiwan\u2019s Air Force General Shen Yi-ming (AP Photo)\n\nTaiwan\u2019s top military official was among three people missing on Thursday after a helicopter made an emergency landing in a mountainous northern area near the capital Taipei, the defence ministry said. In a statement, the ministry said it had sent a team to rescue the 13 people aboard the Black Hawk helicopter, who included Taiwan\u2019s chief of general staff, Air Force General Shen Yi-ming, and several survivors had been found.\n\n\u201cSome crew are still trapped inside, while some have come out,\u201d a military spokesman told a news conference broadcast live on television, although further details would not be available until troops reached the area of the crash.\n\nThe helicopter made the emergency landing in New Taipei City after aviation authorities lost contact with it at 8:22 a.m., the ministry said.\n\nThe incident comes a week before democratic Taiwan holds presidential and parliamentary elections on Jan. 11.\n\nPresident Tsai Ing-wen, who is seeking re-election, cancelled election campaign activities scheduled for Thursday, and urged authorities to make every effort for the rescue.\n\nThe United States, which has no diplomatic ties with Taiwan but is its strongest international backer and main arms supplier, sold it 60 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters in 2010.\n\nIt was not immediately clear whether the helicopter involved in Thursday\u2019s incident was one of these.\n\nChina, which claims Taiwan as its territory to be brought under Beijing\u2019s control by force if necessary, regularly calls the island the most sensitive issue in its ties with the United States.\n\nTaiwan says it is an independent country called the Republic of China, its official name.", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": ["taiwan top military official missing", "taiwan news", "taiwan helicopter emergency landing", "air force general shen yi-ming"], "tags": [], "authors": [], "publish_date": "Thu Jan  2 10:10:03 2020", "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "Taiwan's top military official was among three people missing on Thursday after a helicopter made an emergency landing in a mountainous northern area near the capital Taipei, the defence ministry said.", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "https://images.financialexpress.com/2018/10/fe-fav-1.jpg", "meta_data": {"viewport": "width=1100", "ahrefs-site-verification": "00120a3a212c33eda15559fea6d0731769fd82f538180bd0a2dbe12991312ab4", "description": "Taiwan's top military official was among three people missing on Thursday after a helicopter made an emergency landing in a mountainous northern area near the capital Taipei, the defence ministry said.", "news_keywords": "Taiwan top military official missing, Taiwan news, Taiwan helicopter emergency landing, Air Force General Shen Yi-ming", "keywords": "taiwan top military official missing, taiwan news, taiwan helicopter emergency landing, air force general shen yi-ming", "msvalidate.01": "CCA9DA5B985004F4462DA743E776C636", "og": {"type": "article", "url": "https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/taiwans-top-military-official-missing-after-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing/1810154/", "site_name": "The Financial Express", "title": "Taiwan\u2019s top military official missing after helicopter makes emergency\u00a0landing", "description": "Taiwan's top military official was among three people missing on Thursday after a helicopter made an emergency landing in a mountainous northern area near the capital Taipei, the defence ministry said.", "image": {"identifier": "https://images.financialexpress.com/2020/01/1-43.jpg", "type": "image/jpeg", "width": 660, "height": 440}, "updated_time": "2020-01-02T10:10:03+05:30"}, "twitter": {"card": "summary_large_image", "site": "@FinancialXpress", "title": "Taiwan\u2019s top military official missing after helicopter makes emergency\u00a0landing", "description": "Taiwan's top military official was among three people missing on Thursday after a helicopter made an emergency landing in a mountainous northern area near the capital Taipei, the defence ministry said.", "creator": "@FinancialXpress", "url": "https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/taiwans-top-military-official-missing-after-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing/1810154/", "image": {"identifier": "https://images.financialexpress.com/2020/01/1-43.jpg", "width": 660, "height": 440}}, "article": {"published_time": "2020-01-02T10:10:03+05:30", "modified_time": "2020-01-02T10:10:03+05:30"}, "google-site-verification": "gnihf3YiUuUdPvHPclHT6JNmAwi1ues6l85YQL-3g8I", "generator": "WordPress 4.9.4", "fb": {"pages": 157671354275436}, "ia": {"markup_url_dev": "https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/taiwans-top-military-official-missing-after-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing/1810154/?ia_markup=1"}, "msapplication-TileImage": "https://images.financialexpress.com/2018/10/fe-fav-1.jpg"}, "canonical_link": "https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/taiwans-top-military-official-missing-after-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing/1810154/"}