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SUBJ: COPILOT'S BROTHER SPEAKS ON GUILIN AIR DISASTER

SOURCE: RONG ItONG TA JtUNG PAO IN CHINESE 3 DEC 92 P 6

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II «"SPECIAL DISPATCH" BOlt GUANGZHOU ON 2 DECEHIER BY STAFF
REPORTER:. "REFLECTION ON TIll AIR DISASTIJl--INTERVIEWING WEN
WENXUNG. YOUNGER BROl1IEJl· OF COPILOT OF GUILIN CRASHED PLANE"»
«(TUT) lIE SUSPENDED BIS TlACHING JOB AT THE UtUVDSm OF
CALIFORNIA IN THE UNITED STATES AND WENT 10 GUILIN WHIRl 'I'BI
DISA8TD 0CCUI1tBD. Q'TD ItI'I'URNING FROIt TJJI 8CENI or TIl CUSB
WHEItE A SHOIIAL CIIIKONY HAD BEEN HELD FOR HIS BIO'DIEI, D SAT
BUOU TIll 1TAn' 1tIPOI'I'IR. LOOKING HEAVY-1IEA1t1'£I) AND DEPRESSED. D
TALDD oour 1111 QCJISTIC*ABLI POINI'S. Aiour '1'HI LESSON, AND lIOUI'
BIS FIILDIGI.... • II WANG VlNXIANG, BIOTHElt OF WANG WENllUA. '11IB
COPUDl' OF TIl 24 HOVIKBIR All CUSJI.
VRlT IS WJlONGWID '1'H£ PLANEt «SUBHEAD»
WANG WlNXIANG QUIETLY OPINID TJII ClRTIFlCA'l'I, WHICH WAS AWAlDID .
TO HIS DECEASED IROTHII IY '1D CIVIL AVIATION A\mIORITY. ·IT READS:
tWtE: WANG WENHUA. Botti: JIANGSUj DATE OF BIRTH: SlFl'EHBII 1951;
PlOFlSSION: FIRST PIIDT. 1lEIWtU: HI WAS AWARDED Wml11ll SlCOND..
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CLASS SAFE PIIDl' MEDAL, AND AS OF THE END OF 1991, lIE SAFELY FLEW
FOR A TOTAL OF 8,019 HOURS. 11115 CERTIFICATE IS SIMILAR TO
NEWSPAPER REPORTS ABOtrl' FLIGHT CAPTAIN ZHOU JINAN IN 'mAT THEY WERE
10TH VERY EXPERIENCED. POSSESSED EXCELLENT EXPERTISE. AND WERE IN
GOOD SHAPE. MOREOVER. WANG WENXIANG QUOTED THE RELEVANT PERSONNEL
OF THE GUANGZHOU AVIATION AUTHORITY AS SAYING 'mAT IT WAS IKPOSSIlLE
THAT THE ACCIDENT VAS CAUSED IY THE PILOTS' ACTIONS AND THAT IT VAS
A VERY SPECIAL ACCIDENT. THEREFORE, HE COULD NOT HELP ASIING: WHAT
VAS THE CAUSE OF THE AIR DISASTER, ONE OF THE MOST DISASTROUS ONES
IN VORLD AVIATION HISTORY?
HE roLD nils REPORTER. VITHOtrl' CONCEALING HIS FEELINGS, THAT FROM
HIS INQUIRIES AT VARIOUS QUARTERS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, HE HAS
LEARNED 'mAT ON 22 AND 23 NOVEMBER. THE 1'WO DAYS IEFdRE THE
DISASTER, 11lE PILOTS CLEARLY WROTE ON THE FLIGHT LOG 1001 'mAT
SOKETHING WAS WRONG VITH 11lE PLANE. VANG WENXIANG STRESSED THAT HE
VAS NOT AN AVIATION EXPERT AND SAID THAT ALL SPECULATIONS WERE
GUESSWORK BEFORE AN AFFIRMATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE CAUSE OF THE
DISASTER COULD BE DERIVED FROM THE BLACK BOX. .
WANG SAYS. HOWEVER, 'mAT IF 11lE BLACK BOX'S DATA P·ROVE' ''mAT 11IE
FAULT VAS IN THE PLANE. AND IF THE CAUSE TALLIES WIm' ,11IE PROBLEM
RECORDED ON THE FLIGHT LOG, lIE HAS REASON TO BELIEVE 'mAT 111£
AIRLINE HAD NEGLECTED ELIMINATING 11lE FAULTS AND KAINTAINING THE
PLANE. OR THAT 1111 AIRPLANE MANUFACTURER HAD NEGLECTED IN 111£
PROCESS OF DESIGNING THE SHAPE OF 111£ PLANE OR IN ASSEMBLING IT •

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«SUBHEAD»

ALTHOUGH THE lLACK BOX HAS BEEN FOUND, THE CAUSE ·OF THE 24
NOVEMBER AIR DISASTER IS STILL PUZZLING. SOHE PEOPLE SAY THAT IN
EARLY NOVEMBER. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS ONCE FLEW OVER THE SCENE
WHERE THE DISASTER OCCURRED. AT 11fAT TIHE. LOCAL PAPERS GAVE
SPECIAL COVERAGE OF 111£ INCIDENT.
WAS THE DISASTER RELATED TO 111£ UFO'S? WANG WENKIANG SAID HE DID
NOT BELIEVE IT. HE DID NOT READ THOSE REPORTS BUT ONLY HEARD OF
THEM. HE SAID HE ALSO HEARD MANY REPORTS ABOtTI' UFO'S IN THE UNI'l'ED
STATES Btrl' THEY DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT SCIENTIFIC PROOF.
TKEREFORE, HE SAID IT WAS NOT REALISTIC TO CONNleI'THE CAUSE OF THE
DISASTER WITH THE UFO'S.
DOES BE DOOIT TIlE ADVANCED DESIGN OF THE PLANE? WANG WENXIANG
ADHI1TED THAT 1111 CHINA NATIONAL AVIATION CORPORATION «CAAC» NOW
PURCHASES PLANU WI11I BETl'£R QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE THAN ANYTIME IN
THE PAST. SINCI CHINA'S REFORM AND OPENING up. 11IE CAAC HAS lEEN
GRADUALLY DEVEIDPING IN mE DlREeI'ION OF AN INTERNATIONAL .IRLINE
AND HAS NOT HARBORED ANY MISGIVINGS WIm REGARD TO IMPORTING NEW
TYPES AND MODELS OF PLANES. HOWEVER, HE MAINTAINED mAT WHItE
IMPORTING ADVANCED AIRPLANES, CAAC truST ESTABLISH A COMPLETE
HANAGEHENT SYSTEM AND 11IAT EQUIPMENT FOR PLANE KAINTENANCE AND
TECHNICAL PERSONNEL truST CATCH UP.

LOOlt INl'O THE CAUSE THOROUGHLY TO AVOID RECURRENCE «SUBHEAD»

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LID FAMILY HEKBERS OF MOST OTHER VICTIMS, WANG WENXIANG, SAD

FROM 11IE BEREAVEMENT OF HIS BROnlER. SAID CALHLY: NOW THAT THE
DISASlIR HAS OCCURRED AND THE DECEASED CANNOT COME BACK TO LIFE, WE
ONLY HOPI 11IE AIRLINE WILL SERIOUSLY AND STRICTLY LOOK INTO THE ROOT
CAUSE OF THE DISASTER AND THAT RELEVANT QUARTERS, INCLUDING 11IE
AIRLINE AND 11IE AIRPLANE MANUFACTURER, WILL DRAW A LESSON FROM THE
DISASTER IN ORDER TO AVOID THE RECURRENCE OF THIS KIND OF VICIOUS
DISASTER.
HE ALSO HADE A VEILED CRITICISH OF THE TIMELINESS AND
'l'RANSPARENCE OFnm MEDIA'S REPORTS AmR THE DISASTER OCCURRED. HE
SAID THAT SINCE CHINA PURSUES REFORH AND OPENING UP IN VARIOUS
ASPECTS, INCLUDING NEWS REPORTING, IT SHOULD, WITH AN' AlTITUDE OF
REFORH, REPORT 1lIE SIlUATION TRtmlFULLY AND QUICKLY. CHINASOlTl'HERN
AIRLINES IS AN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE AND FLIES MANY INTERNATIONAL
AIR ROUTES. MOREOVER, IT IS OPENING UP 1lIE BROAD INTERNATIONAL
HARDT. THEREFORE. AS A FAHILY HEHBER OF THE DISASTER VICTIM, HE
HOPED RELEVANT AUTHORITIES WOULD, PROCEEDING FROH INTERNArlONAL
PRACTICE AND FROM THE ANGLE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS OF THE
AIRLINE ITSELF. APPROPRIATELY HANDLE THE QUESTION OF CONSOLING
FAMILT MEMBERS OF DISASTER VICTIHS AND ITS RELATIONS WInr THE HASS
tlEDIA.
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