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Rescuers work
at the site of an air crash in Baotou. Flight Mu5210 from Baotou to
Shanghai, east China, fell to the ground about a dozen seconds after
it took off from Baotou airport at 8:20 a.m. (0020 GMT) on Sunday,
killing all 47 passengers and six crew members on board. (Xinhua
photo) |
Rescuers
search for the bodies of air crash victims at the aircrash
site.(Xinhua photo) |
Rescuers and
investigators work at the aircrash site.(Xinhua
photo) |
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The photo taken on Nov. 21, 2004 shows
the scene of an air crash in Baotou, north China's Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region. (Xinhua
photo) | HOHHOT, Nov. 21 (Xinhuanet) --
A small plane carrying more than 50 passengers and crew fell to the ground
only about a dozen seconds after it had took off Sunday morning in Baotou
City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The accident happened at about 8:20 a.m.
Sunday. Inside the plane were a six-member crew and 47 or 48 passengers,
but no accurate information is available. There are slim chances for the
people aboard to survive.
The plane, en route from Baotou to China's
eastern metropolis Shanghai, crashed into a frozen lake in Nanhai Park of
Baotou.
Witnesses said that the plane broke into
flaming fragments, a house beside the park was damaged by the falling
aircraft and several yachts nearby were scorched.
The fire caused by the accident has been put
off. Firefighters and police are breaking the ice on the lake to search
for the victims. Enditem
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