China seeks victims, flight recorders after first plane crash in 12 years

A China Eastern Airlines passenger jet with 132 people on board crashed in the mountains of southern China on Monday (March 21) while on a flight from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou. The aircraft crashed in Tengxian County in the city of Wuzhou, causing a mountain fire. - PHOTOS: SCREENGRABS FROM PEOPLE'S DAILY, CHINA/TWITTER, BNO NEWS/TWITTER - via The Straits Times/ANN

WUZHOU (Reuters): Rescuers scoured heavily forested slopes in southern China on Tuesday (March 22) as they hunted for the victims and flight recorders from a China Eastern Airlines jet that crashed a day earlier in the mountains of Guangxi with 132 aboard.

Parts of the Boeing 737-800 were strewn across mountain slopes charred by fire after China's first crash of a commercial jetliner since 2010. Burnt remains of identity cards and wallets were also seen, state media said.