Plane’s engine caught fire
NZPA-Reuter Peking One engine of a Chinese airliner caught fire and another had technical problems before the four-engine aircraft crashed on Monday, killing 108 people, an official newspaper said. The pilot was attempting an emergency landing at the time of the crash just a few kilometres short of Chongqing’s Baishiyi Airport, the “China Daily” said, quoting an official of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Witnesses said the Russian-built Ilyushin-18 exploded in mid-air within sight of the airport. A Chongqing hospital doctor quoted rescue workers as saying it had hit power lines.
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Press, 22 January 1988, Page 7
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