Chinese military plane carrying 40 crashes -Xinhua

BEIJING, June 4 (Reuters) A Chinese military transport plane with at least 40 people on board crashed during a mission in the eastern province of Anhui on Saturday afternoon, Xinhua news agency said today, citing a military source.

It gave no information on casualties. A ''work group'' from Beijing had arrived at the scene to organise rescue operations, Xinhua said, giving no further details.

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