The World - News from May 4, 1986
A Taiwanese cargo jet bound for Hong Kong landed in the southern Chinese city of Canton, and the pilot said he wanted to defect, the official New China News Agency reported. Pilot Wang Xijue landed the China Airlines Boeing 747 at Canton’s Baiyun Airport “in a bid to return to the motherland,” said the news agency, quoting the Civil Aviation Administration of China. The co-pilot and mechanic indicated that they wanted to return to Taiwan.
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