China plane crash: No sign of survivors, says state media
The Boeing 737-800 crashed near the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming in the southwestern
The Boeing 737-800 crashed near the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming in the southwestern province of Yunnan to the industrial centre of Guangzhou along the east coast.
Updated on Mar 22, 2022 01:20 PM IST 10 Photos
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China Eastern Flight 5735 carrying 132 passengers and nine crew members crashed near the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region on March 21 while flying from Kunming in the southwestern province of Yunnan to the industrial centre of Guangzhou along the east coast. No survivors have been found as rescuers on Tuesday searched the scattered wreckage of the plane.(REUTERS)
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The plane crashed on a wooded mountainside and ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images.(AP)
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“Wreckage of the plane was found at the scene, but up until now, none of those aboard the plane with whom contact was lost have been found," state broadcaster CCTV said, more than 20 hours after the Monday afternoon crash.(REUTERS)
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The report said drones and a manual search would be used to try to find the black boxes, which hold the flight data and cockpit voice recorders essential to crash investigations.(AFP)
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