AOL News is joining forces with The Huffington Post to bring you the best original reporting, insight and opinion on the web. Join HuffPost Social News using your AOL account!

china aviation News

china aviation News From AOL News

Probe Finds Chinese Pilots Faking Flight Histories

By Jonathan AdamsSep 8th 2010 – 9:40AM
AP

AP

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Sept. 8) -- A government probe has found that at least 170 Chinese pilots have falsified their flight histories, renewing concerns over China's air safety in the wake of an Aug. 24 crash that killed 42. That crash of a Henan Airlines flight, during a landing at a foggy airport in northeastern China, was...

Background on china aviation

China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I) was a Chinese consortium of aircraft manufacturers. The consortium was created on July 1, 1999 by splitting the state-owned consortium China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC) into AVIC I and AVIC II.

more at wikipedia ยป