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The fate of Flight MH370 carrying 239 passengers and crew remains a mystery more than a week after it took off from Malaysia's capital city Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing. An estimated carnival singles cruises 154 Chinese nationals were on board the plane.
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"I'm very scared of flying over water now. I planned to go to Chongqing [in Southwest China] for the Qingming Tomb Sweeping Festival, and I checked my flight to make sure it's not going to fly over water," she said. "I'm hesitating if I should go to Taiwan as I have planned, since it'll fly over a Strait. The idea of falling into water really scares me now."
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