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Probe Finds Chinese Pilots Faking Flight Histories

By Jonathan AdamsSep 8th 2010 – 9:40AM
AP

AP

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Sept. 8) -- A government probe has found that at least 170 Chinese pilots have falsified their flight histories, renewing concerns over China's air safety in the wake of an Aug. 24 crash that killed 42. That crash of a Henan Airlines flight, during a landing at a foggy airport in northeastern China, was...

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