TRAGEDY ADDS TO BAD RECORD

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The worst plane crash in China's history killed 160 today, raising more concerns that the booming air-transit business there is understaffed and poorly equipped. The Chinese airline industry has long had a troubling safety record, made worse in recent years by a proliferation of used Russian aircraft in its fleets. Today's tragedy, which included two American passengers, involved a Soviet made jet.