In response to the crash of Air China Flight 129 and China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 , CAAC official Yuanyuan stated that China 's air safety reform would be delayed . Findings of the accident investigation were published by the Xinhua News Agency on December 8 , 2002 . A passenger named Zhang Pilin ( 张丕林 ) apparently set fire to the passenger cabin with gasoline , causing the loss of control and crash . Zhang had purchased seven air insurance policies worth a total of 1,400,000 renminbi ( about 170,000 USD ) prior to boarding the flight
Air China Flight 129
Air China Flight 129
China Northern Airlines Flight 6136