The Lin Biao incident was an aircraft crash at 2:30 a.m. on 13 September 1971 involving Lin Biao, the sole Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. Everyone on board a PLAAF Hawker Siddeley Tride
The aircraft involved in the accident, while it was still in service with Pakistan International Airlines in 1967
Qinhuangdao Shanhaiguan Airport, provenance of the aircraft
Lin Biao was a Chinese military commander and politician. Pivotal to the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, he commanded the Liaoshen and Pingjin campaigns at the head of the Manchurian Field
Lin Biao incident
…The Lin Biao incident (Chinese: 九一三事件; lit. 'September 13 Incident') was an aircraft crash at 2:30 a.m. on 13 September 1971 involving Lin Biao, the sole Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. Everyone on board a PLAAF Hawker Siddeley Trident, including Lin and several members of his…
Lin Biao in Kuomintang uniform, 1944
Lin Biao with wife Ye Qun and their children
Lin with Zhou Enlai in National Revolutionary Army uniforms (1943)