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Ashes of fallen pilot placed in hometown cemetery
Xinhua | 2016-11-20 21:56
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Soldiers hold pilot Yu Xu's ashes during a service at the memorial park for heroes in Chongzhou, Southwest China's Sichuan province on Sunday. Yu, who was one of the first Chinese women to fly a J-10 fighter jet, died in an routine training accident on Nov 12. [Photo/Xinhua] |
CHENGDU - The ashes of pilot Yu Xu have been returned to her hometown of Chongzhou in the southwestern province of Sichuan and placed in a cemetery for revolutionary martyrs on Sunday.
Yu, who was among the first Chinese women to fly a J-10 fighter jet, died in an accident during a routine training operation on Nov 12.
