Two Chinese Pilots Killed in Locust Control Operation

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Two Chinese Pilots Killed in Locust Control Operation

Two Chinese pilots were killed when their small plane crashed Tuesday afternoon in east China's Shandong Province during a locust control operation. The plane hit a cable spanning the Yellow River in Kenli County.

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Two Chinese pilots were killed when their small plane crashed Tuesday afternoon in east China's Shandong Province during a locust control operation.

Officials with the Shandong Provincial Sports Bureau said the plane hit a cable spanning the Yellow River in Kenli County. The cable was erected by a hydrologic station to monitor the stream of the river.

Officials from the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China, the Ministry of Agriculture and the local government have arrived at the crash site for investigations.

The small plane, known as the Yun-5, was owned by a sports school under the Shandong Sports Bureau, and the two pilots became involved in the operation at the request of the Shandong Provincial Agricultural Department.

Locust Plague Strikes Parts of China

China is suffering a locust plague with the infested area covering 10 percent larger than that of last year.

Locusts are now plaguing over 440 million-mu of land in the 14 provinces, cities and regions of Shandong, Hebei and other regions.

Owing to the ceaseless draught in recent years we've seen an incessant happening of locust plague and so a great number of locusts has got to survive, said Liu Jian, director-general of the headquarters for the annihilation of locusts of the Ministry of Agriculture.

As reported, this year the central government has allotted 50 million yuan (US$6.05 million) for the prevention and annihilation of locust and for the establishment of a network for controlling and monitoring of the locust plagues.

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