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YARNING: N01E GRAF FOUR CLAIM THAT "THE TWO DAYS BEFORE ~

DISASTER, THE PILOTS CLEARLY YROTE ON THE FLiGBT LOG BOOR

?~[AT SOMETHING YAS YRONG YITH THE PLANE." ?

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SUBJ: COPILOT'S BROTHER SPEARS ON GUILIN AIR DISASTER

SOURCE: HONG BONG TA RUNG PAO IN CHINESE 3 DEC 92 P 6

TEXT:

SPECIAL DISPATCH" FROM iRJANGZHOU ON 2 DECEMBER BY STAFF

REPORTER:. "REFLECTION ON THE AIR DISASTER--INTERVIEYING YBN

YENXIANG, YDjJNGER BRO17~R OF COPILOT OF tiI}ILiN CRASHED PLANE"))

((TEXT)) HE $U8PENDED HIS TEACHING J08 AT THE UNIVERSIIT OF

CALIFORNIA IN THE UNITED 8TATE8 AND VENT TO GUILIN YHERE THE

DISASTER OCCURRBD. AFTER RETURNING FROM T$E $CBNS OF THE CRASH

YID;RE A !B:!lORIAL CiRElIONY HAD BEEN HELD FOR RIB BR017iER, RB SAT

BEFORE TRI8 dTAFF REPORTER, LOOKING REAVY?11EAR1ED AND DEPRESSED. RS

TALKED ABOtTP THE QUBBTIONABLB POINTS, A80ZTP THE LE880N, AND ABOUT

RIB FBELING6 ~ I8 YANG YENXIANG, BROTHER OF YANG YENRUA, THE

COPILOT GF T~ Z4 NOVg!lBER AIR CRASR.

YHAT IS YRON6 YITR THE PLANEZ ((SUBREAD))

YANG YENXIANG QUIETLY OPENED THE CERTIFICATE, WHICH YAS AWARDED

TO RI8 DECEASED BROTHER BY TH8 CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY. ?IT READS:

NAME: YANG YENHUA; ROME: JIANGSU; DATE OF BIRTH: SEPTEMBER 1951;

PROFESSION: FIRST PILOT. REMARKS: }tS YAS AWARDED YITIt THE SECOND-

APPROVED FAR REtEAS~

MAR 1588

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CLASS SATE PILOT MEDAL, AND AS OF THE END OF 1991, HE SAFELY FLEW

FOR A TOTAL OF 6,019 HOURS. THIS CERTIFICATE IS SIMILAR TO

NEWSPAPER REPORTS ABOUT FLIGHT CAPTAIN ZHOU JINAN IN THAT THEY WERE

BOTH VERY EXPERIENCED, P05SESSED EXCELLENT EXPERTISE, AND WERE IN

GOOD SHAPE. MOREOVER, WANG WENXIANG QUOTED THE RELEVANT PERSONNEL

OF THE GUANGZHOU AVIATION AUTHORITY AS SAYING THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE

THA? THE ACCIDENT WA5 CAUSED BY THE PILOTS' ACTIONS AND THAT IT WAS

A VERY SPECIAL ACCIDENT. THEREFORE, HE COULD NOT HELP ASKING: WHAT

WAS THE CAUSE OF THE AIR DISASTER, ONE OF THE HOST DISASTROUS ONES

IN WORLD AVIATION HISTORY?

HE TOLD THIS REPORTER, WITHOUT CONCEALING HIS FEELINGS, THAT FROM

HIS INQUIRIES AT VARIOUS QUARTERS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, NE HAS

LEARNED THAT ON 22 AND 23 NOVEMBER, THE TWO DAYS BEFORE THE

DISASTER, THE PILOTS CLEARLY WROTE ON THE FLIGHT LOG BOOR THAT

SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE PLANE. WANG WENXIANG STRESSED THAT HE

WAS NOT AN AVIATION EXPERT AND SAID THAT ALL SPECULATIONS WERE

GUESSWORK BEFORE AN AFFIRMA?IVE EXPLANATION OF THE CAUSE OF THE .

DISASTER COULD BE DERIVED FROM THE BLACK BOX.

WANG SAYS, HOWEVER, THAT IF THE BLACK BOX'S DATA PROVE~THAT THE

FAULT WAS IN THE PLANE, AND IF THE CAUSE TALLIES WITH'THE PROBLEM

RECORDED ON THE FLIGHT LOG, HE HAS REASON TO 8#LIEVE THAT THE

AIRLINE HAD NEGLECTED ELIMINATING THE FAULTS AND MAINTAINING THE

PLANE, OR THAT THE AIRPLANE MANUFACTURER HAD NEGLECTED IN THE

PROCESS OF DESIGNING THE SHAPE OF THE PLANE OR IN A35EMBLING IT.

DRAW A LESSON FROM IT AND ARRANGE FOR RIGOROUS MANAGEMENT

((SUBHEAD) ) --- -- ^-

ALTHOUGH THE BLACK BOX HAS BEEN FOUND, THE CAUSE OF THE 24

NOVEMBER AIR DISASTER IS STILL PUZZLING. SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT IN

EARLY NOVEMBER, UNIDENTIFIED FLYING QBJECTS ONCE FLEW OVER THE SCENE

WHERE THE DISASTER OCCURRED. AT THAT TIME, LOCAL PAPERS GAVE

SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE INCIDENT".

WAS THE DISASTER RELATED TO THE UFO'S? WANG WENXIANG SAID HE DID

NOT BELIEVE IT. HE DID NOT READ THOSE REPORTS BUT ONLY HEARD OF

THEM. HE SAID HE ALSO HEARD MANY REPORTS ABOUT UFO'S IN THE UNITED

STALES BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT SCIENTIFIC PROOF.

THEREFORE, HE 8AID IT WAS NOT REALISTIC TO CONNECT THE CAUSE OF THE

DISASTER WITH THE VFO'8. .

DOES HE DOUBT THE ADVANCED DESIGN OF THE PLANE? WANG WENXIANG

ADMITTED THAT THe CHINA NATIONAL AVIATION CORPORATION ((CAAC)) NOW

PURCHASES PLANES WITH BETTER QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE THAN ANYTIME IN

THE PAST. SINCE CHINA'S REFORM AND OPENING UP, THE CAAC HAS BEEN

GRADUALLY DEVEIAPING IN THE DIRECTION OF AN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE

AND HAS NOT HARBORED ANY MISGIVINGS WITH REGARD TO IMPORTING NEW

TYPES MID MODELS OF PLANES. HOWEVER, HE MAINTAINED THAT WHILE

IMPORTING ADVANCED AIRPLANES, CMC MUST ES?ABLISH A COMPLETE

MANAGEl~NT SYSTEM AND THAT EQUIPMENT FOR PLANE MAINTENANCE MID

TECHNICAL PERSONNEL MUST CATCH UP.

LOO~C IN1~0 THE CAUSE THOROUGHLY TO AVOID RECURRENCE ( (SUBIff liD) )

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LI1Qs FAMILY MEMBERS OF MOST OTHER VICTIMS, WANG WENXIANG, SAD

FROM THE BEREAVEMENT OF HIS BROTHER, SAID CALMLY: NOW THAT THE

DISASTER HAS OCCURRED AND THE DECEASED CANNOT COME BACK TO LIFE, WE

ONLY HOPE THE AIRLINE WILL SERIOUSLY AND STRICTLY LOOK INTO THE ROOT

CAUSE OF THE DISASTER AND THAT RELEVANT QUARTERS, INCLUDING THE

AIRLINE AND THE AIRPLANE MANUFACTURER, WILL DRAW A LESSON FROM THE

DISASTER IN ORDER TO AVOID THE RECURRENCE OF THIS RIND OF VICIOUS

DISASTER.

HE ALSO MADE A VEILED CRITICISM OF THE TIMELINESS AND

TRANSPARENCE OF THE MEDIA'S REPORTS AFTER THE DISASTER OCCURRED. HE

SAID THAT SINCE CHINA PURSUES REFORM AND OPENING UP IN VARIOUS

ASPECTS, INCLUDING NEWS REPORTING, IT SHOULD, WITH AN ATTITUDE OF

REFORM, REPORT THE SITUATION TRUT'HFtJLLY AND QUICKLY. CHINA .SOUT7iERN

AIRLINES IS AN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE AND FLIES MANY INTERNATIONAL

AIR ROUTES. MOREOVER, IT IS OPENING UP THE BROAD INTERNATIONAL

MARKET. THEREFORE, AS A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE DISASTER VICTIM, HE

HOPED RELEVANT AUTHORITIES WOULD, PROCEEDING FROM INTERNATIONAL

PRACTICE AND FROM THE ANGLE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS OF THE

AIRLINE ITSELF, APPROPRIATELY HANDLE THE QUESTION OF CONSOLING

FAMILY MEMBERS OF DISASTER VICTIMS AND IT'S RELATIONS WITH THE MASS

MEDIA.

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