Taiwan To Donate Executive Jet to Panama
PANAMA - Taiwan will donate an Embraer
Legacy 600 jet to Panama as part of a
cooperative program between the two
countries, China's Ambassador to Panama
Simon Y.S. Ko said Wednesday.
The government's decision to donate the
Brazilian-made executive jet to the Latin
American country was based on consideration
of the Panamanian government's need for
planes that are safe and can be used for
emergency patient transport services,
according to Ko.
Most of the Panamanian government's existing
fleet of planes are outdated and last May, a
40-year-old Panamanian National Air Service
helicopter crashed into a building in Panama
City, killing 11 people, including the head
of Chile's national police Jose Alejandro
Bernales, and injuring five others, Ko went
on.
The Taiwanese government's decision to
donate the executive plane instead of funds
also took into account that in the past,
former Panamanian government officials have
been accused of misuse of funds donated by
Taiwan.
The Embraer Legacy 600, which carries a
price tag of US$27.45 million, is capable of
carrying 16 passengers in outstanding
comfort and has a range of 5,650 km.
The donation will be made at a public
ceremony in early 2010, Ko added.
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