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Reuters
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Jamie Freed and Allison Lampert

Explainer-How the China Eastern crash investigation will be carried out

Rescue workers work at the site where a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Kunming to Guangzhou crashed, in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

China has launched an investigation into the crash of a China Eastern Airlines jet that plunged rapidly from cruising altitude into a mountainside with 132 people on board.

The crash of the Boeing 737-800 is China's first deadly aviation accident since 2010 in a country that has had one of the world's strongest safety records over that period.

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