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4 dead in China air show crash

Four people, including two children, are dead after a plane crashed in a cornfield during an air show in China.

Four people, including two children, have died in a plane crash during an air show in northern China's Hebei province.

State broadcaster CCTV showed video of a small plane falling in a twisting nosedive during an exhibition on Thursday in the provincial capital, Shijiazhuang. CCTV said the plane crashed in a cornfield.

CCTV said the dead included two children.

The broadcaster identified the plane as a Chinese-manufactured Xiaoying 500.


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Source: AAP



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