Vikrant Shekhawat : Mar 22, 2022, 09:49 AM
No passenger or crew member has been found alive 20 hours after Monday's major plane crash in China. In this most horrific plane crash of a decade in the country, now there is very little hope of survival of anyone alive.Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered a high-level inquiry into the accident. This Boeing 737-800 aircraft of China Eastern Airlines crashed on Monday afternoon in Guangxi. It took off from Kunming and was on its way to the industrial city of Guangzhou. According to information received from flight radar, this unfortunate plane took off from Kunming Airport at 1:11 pm local time. It was flying at an altitude of 29,100 feet at 2:20 pm. Contact was lost at around 2.20 am.Chinese relief and rescue teams have reached the incident site. According to a report by China's state broadcaster CCTV, of the 132 people on board, no one has been found alive. This is the worst tragedy of nearly a decade of history in China.After the accident, there was a horrific fire in the plane and the mountainous area where it happened. This fire was so massive that it was recorded in the cameras of NASA satellites. According to CCTV images, debris can be seen at the site of the incident, but no contact has been made with any of the people on board or the crew and no one has been found alive.
Immediately after the accident, Chinese President Xi Jinping gave instructions to send relief and rescue teams to the spot. Jinping expressed surprise at the accident. He directed to investigate the cause of the accident and strengthen security arrangements in the civil aviation sector. The Boeing 737-800 is considered the safest aircraft. The aerospace firm has said that our technical experts are ready to assist in the investigation led by China's Civil Aviation Department.Temporary tents have been set up for rescue efforts for the crashed passenger plane in Tengxian County, S China's Guangxi https://t.co/Sb3Z2ev7o9 pic.twitter.com/OYOjfVPw1w
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