http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/other/2010/08/25/269963/Plane-crashes.htm
BEIJING -- A Henan Airlines plane with at least 90 people on board crashed Tuesday close to an airport in northeast China's Heilongjiang province and rescuers were rushing to the scene, state media reported.
The plane crashed near the Lindu airport 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.
At least 20 people were being treated for injuries after the crash, it said. It did not mention any deaths. Xinhua said 91, or possibly up to 96, people were aboard.
The plane had taken off from Heilongjiang's capital of Harbin shortly before 9 p.m. (1300 GMT). The plane was operated by Henan Airlines, a carrier based in the northern province of the same name, and crashed in the city of Yichun in Heilongjiang province, the brief dispatch said.
The aircraft was an E-190 jet manufactured by Embraer, the Brazilian aerospace conglomerate, it said.
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