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March 21, 2022

Passenger Jet with 132 Aboard Crashes in China's Guangxi Province
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In China, a passenger jet with 132 people aboard crashed near the
southern city of Wuzhou in Guangxi province. State media reports rescue
crews were dispatched after the plane crashed in a remote mountainous
region, producing a massive fireball. Harrowing footage posted to social
media appears to show the jet plummeting vertically toward the ground
just moments before impact. A flight-tracking website identified the
plane as a Boeing 737-800. It's the model that preceded the troubled 737
MAX, and has an excellent safety record.


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