Working staff of Shenyang aircraft design and research institute wait to bid farewell to Luo Yang, the head of production for China's new J-15 fighter jet, who died of a heart attack on Nov. 25, in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 29, 2012. (Xinhua Photo)
A high-profile memorial service was held for Luo Yang on Thursday morning in Shenyang, the birthplace of China's new J-15 fighter jet as well as the provincial capital of Liaoning.
Luo, head of the production phase of the J-15, experienced a heart attack on Sunday after observing aircraft carrier flight landing tests for China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. He later died in hospital.
He was also chairman and general manager of Shenyang Aircraft Corp. (SAC), a subsidiary of China's state-owned aircraft maker, Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC).
Thousands of people stood in silence in the Huilonggang Cemetery for Revolutionaries in a tearful farewell to Luo.
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