The April 9 China Airlines flight returning from Thailand, which was the same type of aircraft as the one involved in February's Tayuan air disaster, had some very special passengers on board. In addition to Buddhist Master Hsing Yun and presidential advisor Wu Po-hsiung, the most important guest aboard the plane was one of the Buddhist world's greatest treasures--a tooth of the Buddha Sakyamuni.
華航一架與大園空難失事班機同型客機，四月九日由泰國飛返中正機場，機上貴賓除了星雲法師和吳伯雄等名人，最重要的是佛教界的珍寶﹘﹘釋迦牟尼佛牙舍利。