China: 43 found dead after a plane crash by Milota Sidorova

Yesterday, China saw the first major airplane disaster in past six years. The nightflight heading from Harbin for Heilongjiang province city of Yichun crashed on grassy area about an hour after taking off. There were 42 dead people and 54 injured ones. This is again raising big concern about safety in Chinese airline companies that were ranked low past years. In fact airtraffic boom was drastically suppressed by Chinese government and huge investitions into high-speed trains all over the country. But some of them kept flying, including Henan Airlines that owned Brazilian-made Embraer E-190 jet crashin down late Tuesday.According surivors the plane crashed down after a seri! es of four or five strong turbulences coming shortly after the announcement for landing. Emergency exits broke down and many died in flames and toxic gas released after the crash. Despite of direct testimonies, the plane's two black boxes will be examined to find out exact reasons of the accident. So far there have been no signs of a previous fire during the flight or any kind of sabotage, as reported by state television. Victims were among 12 up to 55 years old including 4 children and state Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security officials. Vice Minister Sun Baoshu was among survivors but in the critical conditions. Bodies were found in diameter of 30 meters from the wreck.Henan Airlines cancelled all flights on Wednesday including regional flights. China Southern Airlines for instance dropped all night flights to the newly built airport in Yichun located in a forested valley.

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by Milota Sidorova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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