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NE China city to mourn plane crash victims

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-08-29 23:09

YICHUN, Heilongjiang - A northeastern Chinese city will call off entertainment activities Monday to mourn victims killed in a plane crash last Tuesday.

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The government of Yichun, a remote mountainous city in Heilongjiang province, Sunday made a decision saying all public entertainment activities would be suspended Monday to show deep condolences to those killed in the plane crash.

All of the city's newspapers will be printed in black and white, and the local TV and radio stations shall not broadcast any entertainment programs, according to the decision.

A Brazilian-made ERJ-190 jet carrying 96 people crashed upon landing in Yichun on Aug 24, killing 42 of them. It is the deadliest commercial plane crash in China since 2004.