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A national tragedy

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On Monday, China Eastern Airlines Flight MU-5735 flight from Kunming to Guangzhou crashed in southern China's Guangxi province.

All 132 passengers and crew on board likely died.

This does not happen often: The accident ended a record 4,227 safe flight days for Chinese airlines, dating back t...