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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."   ?
 SERIAL:   HK04120S3T92
 fl4DY
 PARS:     COPY TO AD
 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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