HENAN, CHINA (LALATE) – An Embraer E-190 plane crash in China, a Henan Airlines flight, does have survivors reports local news. The E-190 crashed in the city of Yichun in Heilongjiang province  today. The plane had departed with 91 persons on board from northeast China today, from Harbin, the capital of the Heilongjiang.

Rescuers are on site as of 9:40 AM PST. Local news reports confirm that at least 40 persons have survived and are currently en route to a local hospital. Some reports put the passenger list at 91, other news reports list 96 on board. The crash was at 10:10 p.m. local time today.

The E-190 was manufactured by Embraer, the Brazilian aerospace company.  The Embraer E-Jets are narrow, twin engine jets first introduced into travel in 1999. The E-190/195 family a long-body version of the jet typically used by JetBlue. It was introduced into sevice in 2004. JetBlue ordered 100 of the jet that year. Flybe in Europe made a 14 jet purchase of the E-190 in 2004 while Air Canada has 45 of them in their fleet. Typically the plane can carry 9 business-class seats and 84 economy-class seats.

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