No survivors of a China Eastern Airlines plane crash have been found after a second day of search efforts, Chinese investigators said late Tuesday.
Highlights
- Chinese investigators say no survivors have been found after second day of search efforts.
- Boeing 737-800 carrying 132 people crashed Monday afternoon in a remote, mountainous region in the south of the country.
- The cause of the crash is not yet clear, an official from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said.
- Investigators still haven’t located the plane’s black boxes, state broadcaster CCTV reported Tuesday, and are facing difficult terrain and poor weather.
- The black boxes are flight data and cockpit voice recorders which could hold crucial clues to how the disaster unfolded.
- China’s worst air disaster in more than a decade, the country has made a series of sweeping safety improvements.