Chinese international rescue team including 50 rescuers and seven jounalists on a chartered plane arrived here Thursday morning to help Haiti out of the aftermath of Tuesday's magnitude-7.3 earthquake.

The plane, which took off from Beijing Wednesday evening, stopped over in Vancouver, Canada, before it arrived in Haiti.

Also on the plane were rescue equipments, three sniffer dogs and over 20 tons of materials.

The strong earthquake jolted Haiti on Tuesday, crushing thousands of buildings, including the presidential palace and the UN peacekeeping headquarters. Over 100,000 people are feared dead in the disaster.

(Xinhua News Agency January 14, 2010)