The 132 people on board the Boeing 737-800 which crashed in southern China on Monday have all died, Chinese state television CCTV announced on Saturday.

"All 123 passengers and nine crew members of China Eastern Company Flight MU5735 were killed on board on March 21," CCTV said, citing Civil Aviation Administration Deputy Director General Hu Zhenjiang.

Plane accidents are relatively rare in China, a country where air traffic has grown considerably in recent decades and safety measures are generally strict.

The last major accident in the country dates back to August 2010: a flight from the Chinese company Henan Airlines then crashed in the northeast of the country and killed around 40 people.

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