Helicopter crashes during training exercise in Kaohsiung City

crashed AS-365N2 helicopter in Kaohsiung City

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment helicopter crash, Kaohsiung City, National Airborne Service Corps

Five people walked away from a helicopter crash unharmed at Kaohsiung City’s Xiaogang International Airport this afternoon, April 7. At 3:35 pm, the National Airborne Service Corps AS-365 Dauphin helicopter suddenly fell onto the tarmac from an altitude of around 30 feet, according to reports in Liberty Times and United Daily News. The aircraft and crew were taking part in emergency response training at the time, and practicing vertical take-off and landing. The aircraft hit the tarmac then landed on

Animals

February 23, 2020February 24, 2020 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment animal rescue, firefighters, Kaohsiung City, rabbit, snake and bee duties

Firefighters in Kaohsiung City faced a challenging mission after being called to rescue a pet rabbit trapped on an awning three floors high, Friday night. Not only did the firefighters have to deal with a rascally rabbit, the neighborhood warden kept shouting instructions, and making demands on the emergency responders, while complaining about their lack of efficiency. Kaohsiung City Fire Bureau received a report about the rabbit at around 8:00 pm, February 21, and firefighters arrived at the scene in

firefighters rescue colleagues after traffic accident in Kaohsiung City

Traffic Accidents

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment firefighters, Kaohsiung City, truck-accident

A Kaohsiung City firefighter lost signs of life at the scene of an accident, and four others were injured, after a fire truck dispatched to the scene of a fire collided with a semi-trailer, last night, February 13. Five firefighters were aboard the fire truck, dispatched from the Fengxiang Fire Station to Dingpu Street in Fengshan District at around 10:00 pm when the accident occurred. Dash-cam footage provided by a witness to local media agencies showed the firetruck, with sirens

Police SWAT team members, and suspect down in apartment

Violent Crimes

December 14, 2019December 14, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bomb threat, Kaohsiung City, police shooting, Tainan City

A Kaohsiung City Police SWAT team officer today shot a suspect three times in a raid to take down a man suspected of planting an explosive device in Tainan City two days ago. At around 1:00pm Thursday, December 12, a suspicious bag, containing around four liters of liquid in two bottles, a quantity of white powder, wires, and a possible detonator or timer, was spotted against a wall of the Kuomintang (KMT/Chinese Nationalist Party) headquarters in Houbi District, Tainan City.

Violent Crimes

October 10, 2019April 22, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment acid attack, homicide, Kaohsiung City, murder

A student of Kaohsiung Medical University faced the first day of trial proceedings, yesterday, October 9, for the murder of an 80-year-old man who died in a park last year after being shocked with a stun gun, and doused with hydrofluoric acid. On the morning of July 7, 2018, the 18-year-old student named Lin, on summer vacation between graduating from high school and starting medical studies, went to a pavilion in a park at the Kaohsiung Cultural Center, to practice

Violent Crimes

July 13, 2019July 13, 2019 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment homicide, Kaohsiung City, murder, stabbing

A man was arrested today, just 5 hours after a woman was stabbed to death in the parking lot of the Jinlong fruit and vegetable market in Kaohsiung City this morning, July 13. A woman named Wang (王), 46, accompanied by her 20-year-old daughter, had just arrived at the market at around 8:10am, when her daughter’s boyfriend, a 21-year-old man named Han (韓), approached them and requested Wang’s daughter to leave with him. Ms Wang refused to let her daughter

woman attends hospital board election after being beaten up by thug

Violent Crimes

June 6, 2019June 6, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment funeral industry, hospital, Kaohsiung City, organized crime

The 75-year-old wife of a deputy director of a hospital in Kaohsiung City was beaten up by a thug last Friday, but the incident was not related to a hospital board election she was about to attend, a suspect told police after his arrest, Tuesday, June 4. At around 8:00am, Friday, May 31, Kaohsiung City police received a report from eyewitnesses that an elderly woman had been beaten up by a man dressed in black in a carpark in Lingya

site of parcel bomb explosion in Kaohsiung City

Violent Crimes

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bomb, explosion, Kaohsiung City

Two suspects have been arrested after an investigation into a blast that critically injured the owner of an interior design company in Kaohsiung City, yesterday, May 15. Shortly after noon yesterday, an explosion blasted out the glass windows and doors of an interior design company office on Minkang Road, Gushan District, leaving the owner of the company, a 53-year-old man named Feng, critically injured with burns to more than 60% of his body. Initial media reports reported a gas explosion,

Animals

May 10, 2019April 10, 2023 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment animal abuse, animal cruelty, dog fighting, Kaohsiung City, vigilante

A woman’s home in Kaohsiung City was vandalized yesterday, after animal lovers responded to a video uploaded to social media that showed the woman beating a dog with a broomstick. On May 8, Ms Huang (黃), a resident of Linyuan District, became angry after finding out a dog adopted by her neighbors, named Guo (郭), had damaged her pot plants. Huang demanded Ms Guo compensate her for the damage to her plants. After Guo refused to pay for the damage,

suspect arrested in muddy vegetable field

Violent Crimes

April 20, 2019April 20, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment homicide, Kaohsiung City, murder-robbery

A suspect was arrested in Tainan City today, after an elderly woman was found dead in her home in Kaohsiung City Wednesday, April 17. At around 8:00am Wednesday, the son of the 78-year-old woman named Wei, paid his mother a visit as was his daily routine, only to find the glass on the front door broken, and his mothers lifeless body in her bedroom. Paramedics who responded to the son’s 119 call found that Ms Wei was already dead and

Ladder truck involved in rescue of boy who fell from 17th floor.

Society

April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment building fall, Kaohsiung City

A boy in Kaohsiung City is in a serious condition, but conscious and able to speak, after falling from his family’s 17th floor apartment onto a second floor awning this evening, April 15. At around 5:35pm, neighbors called emergency services after being alerted to the fall by the boy’s mother’s screams. Firefighters who attended the incident on the corner of Guanxing Street and Mingcheng Road, found the boy conscious and writhing in pain. “My stomach hurts,” the boy said. The

Kaohsiung City

Helicopter crashes during training exercise in Kaohsiung City

Firefighters spend two hours rescuing rabbit from roof, but criticized for lack of efficiency

One firefighter dead, 4 injured after collision in Kaohsiung City

Suspected bomber shot 3 times and arrested after 12-hour stand-off with police

19-year-old medical student on trial for acid-murder of 80-year-old man

Man arrested for fatal stabbing at Kaohsiung City morning market

Elderly woman beaten up not related to hospital board election: suspect says

Suspects arrested after man critically injured in parcel bomb explosion

Vigilantes damage woman’s home after dog abuse video uploaded to social media

Suspect arrested for home-invasion murder of elderly woman in Kaohsiung City

11-year-old boy survives 15-floor fall