March 22, 2022

No survivors from the crashed China Eastern flight MU5735 have been found 30 hours after the accident, and the cause of the crash is not yet known, Chinese officials said on Tuesday night.  

The aircraft sustained severe damage from the impact, which increased the difficulty in searching. As the investigation into the crash has just started, it is still impossible to make a clear judgment on the cause of the accident, said Zhu Tao, an official from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), at a press conference in Wuzhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, close to the scene of the search operation. 

There were 123 passengers and nine crew members onboard the aircraft, which crashed on Monday afternoon en route from Kunming of Yunnan Province to Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. Leaders and senior officials from many countries have sent condolences to China. 

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