Chinese President Xi Jinping said that he was ඣ“shocked” to learn about the crash of a passenger plane with 132 people aboard on Monday and ordered an “all-out search” and rescue effor꧒ts.
The Boeing 737 aircraft of China Eastern Airlines, which flew from Kunming to Guangzhou, crashed in Tengxian County in the city of Wuzhou in♔ the southern Guangxi Zh🦄uang Autonomous Region, causing a mountain fire.
In his instructions issued soon after the incident, Xi said he was “shocked” to learn about the incide෴nt involving China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 from Kunming to Guangzhou. He ordered the immediate launch of emergency response, all-out search and rescue eff♍orts and proper settlement of the aftermath, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Xi said swift a🐠ction should be taken to identify the cause of the crash and to strengthen the safety overhaul of the civil aviation sector to ensure th🅺e absolute safety of the sector and people's lives.
State-run CGTN repor🍷ted that the first rescue team has reached the crash site in the remote moun🌃tains.
Meanwhile, China Eastern Airlines changed the colour of its website to black as it prepared to announc🔯e the casualties in the crash.
