The World - News from Feb. 23, 1986
A Chinese pilot fled to Seoul, South Korea, in his MIG-19 fighter after breaking away from his squadron during a training flight in northeastern China. Officials in Seoul said South Korean jets intercepted the MIG, piloted by Chien Pao Chung, and drove off two North Korean fighters chasing it. They said that Chien apparently wants to settle in a third country, but they would not identify it. Observers speculated that Chien will end up in Taiwan, which often hands out rewards in gold to military men who flee mainland China.
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