China Plane Crash: No Survivors Found 18 Hours After Boeing 737-800 Crash With 132 Onboard

Counted as the China's worst air disaster in a decade, the crash ignited huge fire that was easily captured on NASA satellite images.

Rescue Underway After Plane Crash In China (Getty Image)

New Delhi: More than 18 hours after Boeing 737-800 crashed in China, the state broadcaster reported that no survivors have been found even as the search continued on Tuesday of the scattered wreckage of the plane.

“Wreckage of the plane was found at the scene, but up until now, none of those aboard the plane with whom contact was lost have been found,"  state broadcaster CCTV reported on Tuesday morning, according to news agency AP.

The China Eastern plane with 132 onboard came down near the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region when it was flying from Kunming in the southwestern province of Yunnan to the industrial center of Guangzhou along the east coast, according to the report.

Counted as the China's worst air disaster in a decade, the crash ignited a huge fire that was easily captured on NASA satellite images. Going by the report, the plane fell almost 7,400 feet before briefly regaining about 1,200 feet in altitude before plunging once again.

The plane had 123 passengers and nine crew members, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Soon, Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered an “all-out” rescue operation and investigation into the crash besides ensuring complete civil aviation safety.

Boeing 737-800s is in action since 1998, and Boeing has sold more than 5,100 of them. These planes have been involved in 22 accidents that damaged the planes beyond repair and killed 612 people, according to data compiled by the Aviation Safety Network, an arm of the Flight Safety Foundation.