Posts Tagged ‘China’
Safety concerns raised about China crash runway (AP)
AP – At least one airline had questioned the safety of nighttime landings at the relatively new airport in northeast China where a passenger jet crashed and burned while trying to land at night on a fog-shrouded runway, killing 42 people and injuring 54.
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Jet misses runway and crashes in China, killing 43 (AP)
AP – A Chinese passenger jet broke apart as it approached a fog-shrouded runway in the country’s northeast and burst into flames as it hit the ground Tuesday, killing 43 people and injuring 53 others, state media said.
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Jet misses runway, crashes in China; 42 killed (AP)
AP – A Chinese passenger jet overshot a fog-shrouded runway in the country’s northeast and burst into flames Tuesday, killing 42 people and injuring 49 others, state media said.
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Passenger plane with 96 on board crashes in China (AP)
AP – A Henan Airlines plane with 96 people on board crashed Tuesday in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province and rescuers were rushing to the scene, state media reported.
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China wants answers after 9 killed on hijacked bus (AP)
AP – China demanded answers Tuesday from the Philippines after a 12-hour hostage drama in the heart of Manila ended with eight Hong Kong tourists dead along with their Filipino hostage-taker after a day of botched negotiations.
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Rain batters China anew; 94,000 evacuated in flood (AP)
AP – Flooding has forced the evacuation of 94,000 people in the north China port city of Dandong after heavy rains caused the Yalu river to breach its banks, state media said Sunday.
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China holds day of mourning for landslide dead (AP)
AP – Cinemas closed and coal miners stopped work as China observed a day of mourning Sunday for more than 1,200 victims of a mudslide a week earlier in a northwestern town, while authorities rushed to protect survivors from more flooding.
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