Perilous Times
Passenger plane with 96 on board crashes in China
The Associated Press
Tuesday, August 24, 2010; 11:43 AM
BEIJING -- 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.
The plane crashed in Yichun city at 10:10 p.m. local time (1410 GMT),
the official Xinhua News Agency said in a brief report citing local
government and airline officials. It did not say if there were any
fatalities.