Families of the 132 people onboard have gathered at a nearby airport, waiting anxiously for news.
Rescuers continue to search for survivors from a plane crash in southern China, as families of those onboard gather at a nearby airport waiting anxiously for updates.The incident has caused shock in China, where President Xi Jinping has ordered an investigation into the cause.Local media reported they had found parts of the wreckage and were still searching through debris scattered over mountainous, rugged terrain.
One woman told Jiemian News that her sister and close friends were part of that group, adding that she had also been booked on the flight but ended up switching to an earlier plane.Another man at the airport told Reuters news agency that he was the colleague of a passenger named Mr Tan. He added that arrangements were being made by the airline to bring families to the crash site in Wuzhou, the city closest to the hillside crash site in Guangxi province.
Flight MU5735 had been in the air for over an hour and was nearing Guangzhou when it suddenly plummeted from a cruising height.
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