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China Flight Bomb Scare

What: China Southern Airlines en route from Urumqi to Guangzhou
Where: Zhongchuan Airport
When: July 14, 2010
Who: 93 passengers and 18 crew
Why: While en route, the crew received a warning that there was a bomb aboard. The flight diverted to Zhongchuan Airport where the passengers disembarked. No bomb was found.

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