Wreckage of China Eastern plane found over 10km away

Fragments of wreckage of the China Eastern passenger jet in Teng County, Wuzhou city, China, on March 21, 2022. - AFP

TENG COUNTY, Guangxi (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Rescue workers have expanded their search area where a China Eastern plane crashed on Monday (March 21) in Teng County in southern Guangxi, and found aircraft parts more than 10km away.

The search radius has grown about 1.5 times from the day before, and 183 plane parts, including that of an engine, as well as the belongings of 21 passengers have been found, said Zheng Xi, head of the Guangxi Firefighting Corps.