After the crash of a Boeing 737 in southern China, which is believed to have killed 132 people, work at the scene of the accident has been suspended due to poor weather conditions.

As the state television broadcaster CCTV reported on Wednesday, rescue and search work in the mountainous region, which is difficult to access, were interrupted because it was raining too much.

In addition, state media reported that two days after the accident on Monday, no survivors were found.

The flight recorder of the machine could not be located either.

The China Eastern Airlines plane suddenly went into a steep nosedive on Monday and a short time later crashed into a hilly forest area near the city of Wuzhou.

According to data from the website FlightRadar24.com, the aircraft was able to regain some altitude after an initial rapid drop, but then continued the fall.

132 people die in plane crash in China

According to the Chinese civil aviation authority, several attempts were made to contact the machine, but the crew did not answer.

The signal from the MU5735 then disappeared around three minutes after the start of the dive.

"With the information currently available, it is impossible to make a clear judgment about the cause of the accident," Zhu Tao, director of the Aviation Safety Bureau, said at a news conference on Tuesday.

First, the investigative team would need to gather evidence and find the flight recorder.

On board the machine were 123 passengers and 9 crew members.