ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 5

Correlation of Trauma and Cause of Death to Accident Reconstruction: A Case of a Flight Accident Report
Min, J-X
Forensic pathologist, Institute of Forensic Science,

Jia, M-Z
Forensic pathologist, Institute of Forensic Science,

(Received 4 February 1991; accepted 23 July 1991)

Abstract

This paper reports on the disaster that occurred after a flight was hijacked at Baiyuen International Airport in Guangzhou, China, on Tuesday, 2 Oct. 1990. The authors show the results of analyses for the causes of death and trauma and compare the disaster with several previous flight accidents that have occurred in China. The authors show, with the analysis on this accident, the possibility and reliability of reconstructing a disaster by medicolegal investigation.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, aircraft, accidents, accident reconstruction, human identification

Paper ID: JFS13265J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13265J
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