Police say a brawl between a passenger and a bus driver was the cause of the bus plunging off a bridge and into a river in southwestern China. At least 13 people died in the crash. (Nov. 1)
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Indonesian searchers recover black box from crashed Lion Air jet, authorities say
Bambang Irawan, an investigator with the National Transport Safety Commission, saidthat theretrieved ox was the flight data recorder, and that the search for the cockpit voice recorder was ongoing.
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