Some of the former ETR leaders were said to have died in a plane crash en route to Beijing to attend the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Chinese Communists' united front conference.
Beberapa para pemimpin bekas ETR dikatakan tewas dalam kecelakaan pesawat dalam perjalanan ke Beijing untuk menghadiri Konferensi Permusyawaratan Politik Rakyat Tiongkok, konferensi front persatuan Komunis Tiongkok.