Wife of Missing Chinese Pilot Accuses US of Indifference to Life

Yuan Guoqin, wife of the missing Chinese pilot Wang Wei Wednesday accused the US side of being indifferent to the life of her husband.

In an interview with Xinhua, Yuan said that the US side should be held responsible for the missing of her husband, the pilot of the fighter jet rammed and damaged by a US surveillance plane on April 1.

Ruan blamed the spy plane for its intrusion into Chinese airspace and violation of Chinese sovereignty.

Ruan also slammed the US government for lack of conscience. "In my eyes, my husband's life is precious than anything else," said the woman, who is in a hospital because of bad health compounded by deep sorrow.

With tears screaming down her face, Ruan said she and her six- year-old son are waiting for the return of Wang Wei.

Ruan and Wang, both from Huzhou city, east China's Zhejiang Province, got married in 1992. Ruan works at a navy airport.

Ruan expressed her thanks to the Chinese government and the people from all walks of life for the utmost rescue efforts and their concern about her husband's life.

Chinese People Concerned Over Missing Pilot

The Chinese people are very much concerned about the missing pilot of the fighter jet rammed and damaged by a US military surveillance plane Sunday morning.

Scores of citizens in Huzhou City in east China's Zhejiang Province, hometown of Wang Wei, the missing pilot, went Wednesday to Wang's home to comfort his family members, indignant over the U. S. intrusion into China 's airspace.

Wang was born in 1968, and entered a flying school after high school. In his hometown, Wang Lin, his elder sister, is now looking after their aged retired parents.

Local government leaders visited the parents, promising that the authorities would make every effort to find their son as soon as possible.

Wang Min, the missing pilot's father, believed that the central government would handle the incident properly, saying that the family are eagerly waiting to know the whereabouts of Wang Wei.

Up to the small hours of Wednesday morning, China had sent a total of 48 planes and 29 seagoing vessels in search of the missing pilot.

Missing Pilot yet to Be Found

China is still striving to locate the whereabouts of the missing Chinese pilot Wang Wei, but with no results.

Up to now, over 50 sorties of planes and 31 navy vessels have been dispatched to the water areas where the collision occurred, and the searching area has been expanding.

According to soldiers with the rescuing team, the wind, waves and ocean currents may have washed the pilot away from the site of the incident, which will add more difficulties to the rescuing efforts.

They are also worrying whether the pilot could survive the 2- meter high waves and the burning sunshine so many hours after the incident.

However, they are determined to continue their all-out efforts with every possible means, scanning every inch of the sea surface in hope of finding the pilot at the earliest moment.






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