China searches for victims and records of aviation accident

Mountains surround the crash site and there is only one pass to get to it.

Reuters

Rescue teams combed densely forested mountain slopes in southern China yesterday, searching for victims and data records of the "China Eastern" plane that crashed the day before yesterday, with 132 people on board.

Parts of the plane, a Boeing 737-800, were scattered among trees burned by fire after the first crash of a Chinese commercial airliner since 2010. Burnt remains of identity cards and wallets were also seen, state media said.

The plane was heading from Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, to Guangxi, capital of Guangdong Province, when it suddenly fell from high altitude and crashed into the Guangxi Mountains.

State media said it was not excluded that all those on board were killed.

She added that mountains surround the crash site on three sides, and there is only one small path that provides access to it.

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