Rescuers were scouring the crash site of flight MU5735 but have stopped due to landslide risk.
Search and rescue workers trawling the slopes near the crash site are yet to find passengers
No survivors have so far been found from China Eastern flight MU5735 which had 132 passengers when it crashed in the hills in southern China.There has been an outpouring of grief in China, where families of passengers and crew are still waiting for news. "Up to now, search and rescue work has not found any survivors," Zhu Tao, aviation safety office director at the CAA, told reporters. "Given the information currently available, we still do not have a clear assessment of the cause for the crash."
The China Eastern Airlines flight from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan, had been due to land in Guangzhou on Monday afternoon.
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