On 2 October 1990, a hijacked Boeing 737, operating Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301, collided with two other aircraft on the runways of the old Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport while attempting to land.

The article stated that reportedly, once in the cockpit, he opened his jacket to reveal what appeared to be explosives strapped to his chest.

The article added that Jiang ordered all crew members out of the cockpit, except for the pilot,[4] Cen Longyu,[2] whom he directed to fly to Taipei, Taiwan.

Guangzhou flight controllers agreed to allow the plane to land in Hong Kong, refuel, and proceed to Taipei.

[6] Still unable to stop, the out-of-control 737 collided with China Southern Airlines Flight 3523,[7] a Boeing 757[8] waiting to depart to Shanghai, before flipping over onto its back and skidding to a halt.

[9] On the Xiamen Airlines 737, seven of the nine crew members and 75 (including 30 Taiwanese, three people from Hong Kong and one American) of the 93 passengers died.

[10] A total of 128 people died in the disaster,[5] including Jiang, the hijacker of the Xiamen Airlines aircraft.