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<p>BEIJING, China (CNN) --Radar data from Chinese authorities show that the doomed China Airlines CI611 flight bound for Hong Kong experienced two abnormal drops in altitude before it crashed last weekend.</p> <p>The information came from Liu Yajun, a traffic control expert at the Beijing-based Chinese Civil Aviation Association, who told Chinese-run Hong Kong daily Wen Wei Po about the sudden and as yet unexplained drops experienced by the Boeing 747-200.</p>

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Coast Guard members salute the body of a China Airlines crash victim at Penghu's Makung Airport yesterday. PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES Theories abound to explain causeSEARCHING FOR ANSWERS: One source says a Chinese missile strike cannot be ruled out, while another points to similarities to the crash of TWA Flight 800 in the US By Chiu Yu-tzu and Patrick KearnsSTAFF REPORTERS A Chinese missile or fuel-tank explosion similar to what brought down TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York in 1996 were among the theories put forth by aviation experts and other sources yesterday to explain...

BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese airliner with 112 people aboard crashed Tuesday night into the water off northeastern China after the captain reported a fire in the cabin, the official Xinhua News Agency said. It said more than 50 bodies were found and that there was little chance anyone survived. A witness said the plane, its lights darkened, circled several times before going down. More than 30 rescue ships were reported headed toward the site of the crash - the second in a month involving a Chinese passenger airliner - but darkness was hampering efforts to find more bodies. "It...

BBC News ticker reports "Report says airliner has crashed into sea off northern China. More soon.", no other sources as yet.

<p>BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese airliner with 112 passengers and crew aboard crashed Tuesday in a city in northeastern China, the official Xinhua News Agency said. It said rescue efforts were under way but gave no immediate information about any survivors.</p>

Just up on MSNBC, no further details on if it was terrorist related.No description on how the passengers got out alive.