Plane crashes in northeast China

17 injured survivors in plane crash sent to Harbin

Seventeen injured persons took a train to Harbin for medical care in early morning on Friday. Previously, fifteen severely injured passengers in the plane crash in Yichun were airlifted to Harbin for treatment on Wednesday. Full story

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Air travel safe for 69 months before Yichun crash

China had kept a remarkable air travel safety record of about 2,100 days -- or 69 months -- without accidents before the passenger plane crash in Yichun City.

Two injured survivors in China plane crash "nearly dead", doctors say

2010-09-08 13:11:45 GMT Xinhua English HARBIN, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Two severely burned survivors in a plane crash in northeast China on Aug. 24 were in extremely critical condition, with one having lost signs of life, doctors said Wednesday.

NE China plane crash victims to receive compensation

2010-08-31 00:11:12 GMT Xinhua English YICHUN, Heilongjiang, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Families and relatives of the Aug. 24 plane crash victims will receive 960,000 yuan in compensation for each death, Henan Airlines said Monday.

Jet crash in NE China to be fully examined

2010-08-30 00:28:09 GMT China Daily YIchun, Heilongjiang - China's State Council has set up a special task force to investigate last Tuesday's deadly Henan Airlines jet crash that killed 42 people and injured 54 in Yichun city of the northeastern Heilongjiang province.

Injured passengers of Yichun plane crash transfered to Beijing for further treetment

2010-08-28 07:40:45 GMT Xinhua English Injured passengers are seen in a plane at the airport in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 27, 2010.

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Airlines staff makes apology

2010-08-26 23:33:14 GMT China Daily YICHUN, Heilongjiang - Henan Airlines' senior management apologized on Thursday to families of the victims and to the entire country for Tuesday's deadly air crash.

Doubts surround China's plane crash probe

2010-08-26 13:12:24 GMT Xinhua English YICHUN, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Two days after the deadliest commercial plane crash in China in nearly six years killed 42 people in a remote northeastern city, doubts and speculations continue to swirl and no progress has been reported in the government investigation.

Brazil's Embraer to help investigate Chinese plane crash

2010-08-25 07:41:39 GMT Xinhua English RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's aerospace conglomerate Embraer, producer of a passenger plane that crashed in northeast China late Tuesday, said it is sending a team of specialists to the crash site to help investigate the accident.

China's air travel safety record kept for 69 months before Yichun crash

2010-08-25 07:38:42 GMT Xinhua English HARBIN, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- China had kept a remarkable air travel safety record of about 2,100 days -- or 69 months -- without accidents before the passenger plane crash in Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province, on Tuesday, statistics from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) show.