000179739 . - ~ UNCLASSIFIED INQUIRE=DOC20D ITEM N0~0010192~ CDSN = LGXS83 MCN = 92399/10161 TOR = 923390600 RTTUZYUW RUSSDGA1606 3390539-WAA--RUEALGX. ZNR UWAA ZYN ~i~ES R 0405372 DEC 92 FM FBIS KONG BONG TO AIG 45x1 RUCWAAA/FBIS RESTON VA/JPOLCH// RUEHBF/AMEMBSSSY BEIJING RUESDJ/FBIS ORINAWA JA ACCT FBRR-EWDR 8T ~B9LE. UNCLAS 1R 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 0001,79739 PAGE:000b 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) ) 000179739 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. ~~ (ENDALL) 3 DEC^r~150412.03E 04/05412 DEC BT