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China replaces aviation head over crashes
China has replaced the head of its civil aviation governing body after two major air crashes killed 234 people within weeks of each other.
Liu Jianfeng, head of the General Administration of Civil Aviation is said to have retired and been succeeded by his deputy Yang Yuanyuan.
An official with the administration's publicity department says the decision has not been officially announced, but the officials in question have been notified..
He declined to discuss the reason for the switch saying the decision came from the State Council.
A Boeing 767 jet belonging to China's flag carrier Air China smashed into a mountain in Pusan, South Korea on April 15, killing 122 of the 166 on board.
Then on May 7, all 112 passengers and crew on board a China Northern MD-82 were killed when it crashed into the Yellow Sea off the northern port city of Dalian minutes after the pilot reported a fire in the cabin.
22/05/2002 22:51:05 | ABC Radio Australia News
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