No news of survivors in China's plane crash; rescue efforts continue

No survivors have so far been found as the search continued on Tuesday of the scattered wreckage of the China Eastern Airlines flight that crashed in a mountainous area in the countrys southern region with 132 people on board on MondayThere is no official announcement here yet on the fate of the 123 passengers and nine crew members as hopes receded about finding any survivors considering that the plane crashed and exploded in a mountainous areaThere is no news of the location of black box which may provide information about what caused the crashThe China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft which departed from Kunming and was bound for Guangzhou crashed into a mountainous area near Molang village in Tengxian County in the city of Wuzhou at 238 pm causing a mountain fire according to the regional emergency management departmentNo survivors have so far been found Hong Kongbased South China Morning Post reported on TuesdayBoeing said it is cooperating with China Eastern Airlines to probe the crashHundreds of rescuers scurried the mountainous forest area throughout the night to find any survivors and to collect the debrisThe crash shattered Chinas airlines record of over 100 million continuous hours of safe flight as of February 19The last domestic fatal air accident was in 2010 when an Embraer passenger plane crashed in Yichun Heilongjiang province killing 42 peopleBoeing China on Tuesday said it is in contact with the National Transportation Safety Board in the United States adding that its technical experts are ready to aid the Civil Aviation Administration of China in conducting the investigation into the incidentEye witnesses said the plane exploded after the crashI heard the roar of a plane on the other side of the hill A second later there was an explosion a worker near the crash site told the staterun Xinhua news agencyChen Weihao a villager was working on a farm when he saw the plane nosedivedThe plane looked to be in one piece when it nosedived Within seconds it crashed Chen said adding that the crash site was a gap in a mountain where no one livesVillager Shi Fuxiong said he saw a large pit at the crash site and surrounding trees within dozens of metres had been levelled There were many pieces of small debris of the plane and baggage but no large pieces of wreckage he saidIn his instructions issued soon after the incident President Xi Jinping said he was iquestshockediquest to learn about the crash involving China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 from Kunming to GuangzhouHe ordered the immediate launch of emergency response allout search and rescue efforts and proper settlement of the aftermathVice Premier Liu He and State Councilor Wang Yong led officials to guide the rescue work proper settlement of the aftermath and investigation into the crashThe fire has been extinguished and the rescue operation is underway said Chen Jie an official from the regional emergency management departmentOver a thousand firefighters have been sent to the area to carry out the rescue operationThere is some plane wreckage in a gap in the mountain a rescue worker at the crash site told Xinhua There are pieces of the wings one of them about 2 or 3 metres There is other debris with some probably being pieces of clothing the rescue worker saidChina Eastern Airlines said it has initiated an emergency response mechanism under which it established nine special working groups for aircraft disposal accident investigation family assistance logistics support legal support public relations security financial insurance and cargo disposalThe airline said the cause of the accident will be fully investigatedChina Eastern Airlines one of Chinas three major air carriers has grounded its all Boeing 737800 after the crash on Monday company officials saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever