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Safety concerns raised about China crash runway (AP)

August 25th, 2010

Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard near the damaged Henan Airlines plane which has crashed on landing in Yichun in northeast China's Heilongjiang province Wednesday Aug. 25, 2010. A Chinese passenger jet crashed while trying to land on a fog-shrouded runway in the country's northeast and burst into flames late, killing 42 people and injuring 54 others, state media said Wednesday. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - 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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