55 die in China plane crashes<\/p>\n
A China Eastern commuter plane crashed into a frozen lake seconds
\nafter takeoff in Inner Mongolia on Sunday, killing 53 people on
\nboard, including an Indonesian, and one on the ground, the
\nairline and state media said.<\/p>\n
\"Witnesses said that the plane broke into flaming fragments, a
\nhouse beside the park was damaged by the falling aircraft and
\nseveral yachts nearby were scorched,\" Xinhua news agency said.<\/p>\n
It quoted one witness as saying the plane was trailing black
\nsmoke and rocking violently when there was an explosion and the
\nplane crashed and broke apart.<\/p>\n
Xinhua said the plane smashed through a park ticket office and
\nstate television said one person on the ground was killed. It
\nearlier said two.<\/p>\n
The Canadian-made Bombardier CRJ200, flown by two pilots, took
\noff from the industrial city of Baotou, nearly 600 km west of
\nBeijing, en route to eastern Shanghai, China Eastern Airlines
\nCorp. Ltd. said on its website.<\/p>\n
State television showed pictures of rescuers pulling debris
\nfrom below the broken ice (photo above). The remains of 46
\nvictims had been found but not the black box flight recorders,
\nXinhua said. Police cordoned off the park, two kilometer from the
\nrunway.<\/p>\n
The weather was clear, with the temperature around 6 to 7
\ndegrees Celsius, when the plane, operated by a unit of China
\nEastern Yunnan Branch Co. crashed into the giant lake in Nanhai
\nPark at 8.20 a.m. (7:20 a.m in Jakarta), an airport official
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The fire was put out at the lake and more than 400 people,
\nincluding firefighters, police officers, park staff and a 20-
\nmember diving team from Baotou Iron and Steel, a major steel
\nproducer, joined the rescue work.
\n-- Reuters<\/p>",
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