SHANGHAI: An aviation official has killed himself and at least two airline executives have lost their jobs as authorities investigate suspected corruption within the highly regulated industry, reports said Tuesday.
Liu Yajun, who headed the central and southern regions of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, threw himself in front of a train last Thursday, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing unnamed sources at China Southern Airlines and Baiyun Airport in the southern city of Guangzhou, where China Southern is based.