Eight people including Taiwan's top military officer were killed and five others injured after a helicopter carrying the 13 crashed in a mountainous area of New Taipei City on Thursday morning, the Defense Ministry said.Air Force Gen. Shen Yi-ming, who served as the military's chief of general staff, was among those killed in the crash involving the UH-60M Black Hawk, the ministry said. He was reportedly Taiwan's highest-ranking military official to die during official duties.The helicopter was heading to a military base in the island's northeast from the capital Taipei for a pre-Lunar New …READ FULL ARTICLE
