Lin Biao incident
1971 plane crash in Mongolia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lin Biao incident (Chinese: 九一三事件) was a plane crash at 3 a.m. on 13 September 1971 involving Lin Biao, the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. Everyone on the plane, including Lin and several members of his family, died when the aircraft impacted Mongolian terrain.[1] Lin Biao was allegedly attempting to defect to the Soviet Union after a failed plot to assassinate Mao Zedong. Following Lin's death, there has been widespread skepticism in the West concerning the official Chinese explanation, while forensic investigation conducted by the USSR, who recovered the bodies following the crash, has confirmed that Lin was among those who died in the crash.[2]
Occurrence | |
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Date | 13 September 1971 (1971-09-13) |
Summary | Cause disputed:
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Site | Near Öndörkhaan, Mongolian People's Republic |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 1E |
Operator | People's Liberation Army Air Force |
Registration | B-256 |
Flight origin | Qinhuangdao Shanhaiguan Airport, Hebei, China |
Destination | Soviet Union |
Passengers | 5 |
Crew | 4 |
Fatalities | 9 (all) |
Survivors | 0 |
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