BEIJING: Firefighters have found no signs of life among the debris of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 which crashed with 132 people on board in mountains in southern China during a domestic flight on Monday (March 21) according to local media reports.
According to Reuters, local media cited a rescue official as saying the plane, following a sudden descent from cruising altitude, had disintegrated and caused a fire destroying bamboo trees. The People's Daily quoted a provincial firefighting department official as saying there was no sign of life among the debris.
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