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106 dead in plane crash

By Amit Baruah

SINGAPORE April 15. At least 106 persons were killed when an Air China passenger aircraft crashed into a South Korean mountain in bad weather this morning, the South Korean news agency, Yonhap, reported.

The news agency said 39 persons had survived the crash while another 22 were listed as ''missing''. The aircraft, flying from Beijing to Pusan (South Korea's second largest city), crashed when it attempted to land at Kimhae airport in Pusan in thick fog, reports from the area said. There were 155 passengers and 12 crew members on board the aircraft, which came down around 7.30 am IST.

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