53 passengers and crew die as plane plunges after take-off
The China Eastern Airlines plane went down in Baotou, a city in the Inner Mongolia region, after taking off at about 8.20am local time, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
The plane, a Bombardier CRJ-200, was headed for Shanghai with 47 passengers and six crew members when it crashed into a frozen lake in Nanhai Park "only about a dozen seconds" after it took off, Xinhua reported. All aboard were confirmed dead by government officials in Baotou.
