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‘China Eastern’ airline confirmed that 132 people died aboard flight U5735 which crashed in Southern China on Monday.
“The company expresses its deep condolences for the passengers and crew members who died in the plane crash”, China Eastern said.
Chinese President Xi called for “all efforts towards the rescue and to find out the cause of the accident as soon as possible”, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday.
China had enjoyed an enviable air safety record in recent years. The country built new airports, which are serviced by new airlines established to match breakneck growth over the last few decades.
A Henan Airlines flight crashed in North-eastern Heilongjiang province in 2010, killing at least 42 out of 92 people on board, although the final toll was never confirmed. It was the last Chinese commercial passenger flight crash with civilian casualties.
The deadliest Chinese commercial flight crash was a China Northwest Airlines crash in 1994, which killed all 160 onboard.
