Heart attack kills jet designer
By Dong Zhen and Yang Jian |
November 27, 2012, Tuesday
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The 51-year-old head of production for China's J-15 fighter jet died of a heart attack on Sunday, a day after he witnessed the successful take-off and landing of two of the planes on the nation's first aircraft carrier.
Luo, chairman and general manager of the Shenyang Aircraft Corp, headed the manufacturing and production phase of the J-15.
"Mourn General Manager Luo Yang. Luo will be immortal," read electronic signs at the gates of the SAC, a subsidiary of China's state-owned aircraft maker, the Aviation Industry Corp of China.
Flags were flown at half-mast at the company gates in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, and the homepage of the SAC's website was turned black and white in mourning.
Meng Jun, chairman of AVIC Shenyang Liming Aero-Engine (Group) Corporation Ltd, said he spent eight days on the carrier with Luo from November 18. Luo worked all day and night and bore enormous psychological pressures during those days, Meng said.
Colleagues of Luo said he had always been in good shape but he overworked himself.
Luo returned to Shenyang on November 17 from southern Guangdong Province after attending an airplane exhibition. He had no time to go back home but headed instead to the base of the J-15 fighter jet for test flight preparations.
Chu Xiaowen, a AVIC official who also worked with Luo, said his late colleague analyzed testing data and watched the flying and landing processes, and recorded the condition of the jets every day.
Luo felt uncomfortable at one point, but didn't ask the doctor to examine him, Chu said.
Even his wife only received one call from Luo - on Saturday, when he told her the test flights were successful.
"People in the SAC are in the deepest sorrow for Luo Yang. And we will remember him forever," read a company obituary.
A memorial service is to be held in Shenyang on Thursday.
"This is so unfortunate. I feel deeply sorry to hear the sad news of Luo's death," said Wu Guanghui, chief designer of the C919, China's first domestically produced large passenger aircraft.
"We had been familiar with each other since he worked at an aviation institute in Shenyang. The tall man was gentle and always energetic," Wu said.
Luo's 79-year-old mother has not yet been told of her son's death.
Luo, chairman and general manager of the Shenyang Aircraft Corp, headed the manufacturing and production phase of the J-15.
"Mourn General Manager Luo Yang. Luo will be immortal," read electronic signs at the gates of the SAC, a subsidiary of China's state-owned aircraft maker, the Aviation Industry Corp of China.
Flags were flown at half-mast at the company gates in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, and the homepage of the SAC's website was turned black and white in mourning.
Meng Jun, chairman of AVIC Shenyang Liming Aero-Engine (Group) Corporation Ltd, said he spent eight days on the carrier with Luo from November 18. Luo worked all day and night and bore enormous psychological pressures during those days, Meng said.
Colleagues of Luo said he had always been in good shape but he overworked himself.
Luo returned to Shenyang on November 17 from southern Guangdong Province after attending an airplane exhibition. He had no time to go back home but headed instead to the base of the J-15 fighter jet for test flight preparations.
Chu Xiaowen, a AVIC official who also worked with Luo, said his late colleague analyzed testing data and watched the flying and landing processes, and recorded the condition of the jets every day.
Luo felt uncomfortable at one point, but didn't ask the doctor to examine him, Chu said.
Even his wife only received one call from Luo - on Saturday, when he told her the test flights were successful.
"People in the SAC are in the deepest sorrow for Luo Yang. And we will remember him forever," read a company obituary.
A memorial service is to be held in Shenyang on Thursday.
"This is so unfortunate. I feel deeply sorry to hear the sad news of Luo's death," said Wu Guanghui, chief designer of the C919, China's first domestically produced large passenger aircraft.
"We had been familiar with each other since he worked at an aviation institute in Shenyang. The tall man was gentle and always energetic," Wu said.
Luo's 79-year-old mother has not yet been told of her son's death.
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