国内英语新闻:Officials correct China plane crash death toll to 42
The cause of the crash is being investigated.
Survivor Xue Xilai remembered the plane hit the ground before it was torn apart.
"I looked out and couldn't see anything -- it was pitch dark and no light," said Xue, who was being treated at Yichun City Hospital. "I felt something was seriously wrong."
Xue was sitting next to the window in row 10.
He became unconscious after the accident and woke up in his hospital bed at midnight.
He suffers a broken lumbar.
Embraer offered its condolences to the victims' families and said it had sent a team of technicians to help with the investigation.
Phone calls to Embraer's Beijing office went unanswered early Wednesday.
Brazil has replaced Russia to become China's 10th largest trade partner this year, with bilateral trade surging 54.6 percent to 32.51 billion U.S. dollars from January to July.
Lindu Airport is located in a forest some 9 kilometers away from downtown Yichun, a city with about 1 million population. It opened on Aug. 27 last year.
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