112 killed in China in airline crash

By With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Susan Garland

April 28, 1982

Peking

A Chinese airliner crashed on a domestic flight, apparently killing all 112 people aboard, the official New China News Agency reported. The jet was on a flight from the southern city of Canton to the popular resort of Guilin. The cause of the crash was not disclosed, and it was not yet known if any Americans were aboard.