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In the China Eastern plane crash, no survivors have been found till now. The search is still continuing in the scattered wreckage on Tuesday, said state media’s report. &nbsp;&nbsp;

There were around 132 people onboard the aircraft when it crashed a day earlier in a mountainous area. It is being viewed as China's worst air disaster in a decade. &nbsp;

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"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 said on Tuesday morning. &nbsp;

The plane was flying from Kunming in the southwestern province of Yunnan to the industrial center of Guangzhou along the east coast. &nbsp;

The Boeing 737-800, which had crashed near Wuzhou city in the Guangxi region, witnessed a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images. &nbsp;

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China Eastern Flight 5735 was travelling 455 knots (523 mph, 842 kph) at around 29,000 feet when it entered a steep dive around 2:20 pm local time, as per data from flight-tracking website, FlightRadar24.com. &nbsp;&nbsp;

The aircraft was carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said. &nbsp;&nbsp;

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for an 'all-out' rescue operation, and an investigation into the crash. &nbsp;&nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

In the China Eastern plane crash, no survivors have been found till now. The search is still continuing in the scattered wreckage on Tuesday, said state media’s report.

In the China Eastern plane crash, no survivors have been found till now. The search is still continuing in the scattered wreckage on Tuesday, said state media’s report. There were around 132 people onboard the aircraft when it crashed a day earlier in a mountainous area. It is being viewed as China's worst air disaster in a decade. Also Read | Watch: Final moments of China plane caught on camera just before crash "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 said on Tuesday morning. The plane was flying from Kunming in the southwestern province of Yunnan to the industrial center of Guangzhou along the east coast. The Boeing 737-800, which had crashed near Wuzhou city in the Guangxi region, witnessed a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images. Also Read: Chinese passenger jet carrying 133 people crashes in Guangxi, Xi orders probe China Eastern Flight 5735 was travelling 455 knots (523 mph, 842 kph) at around 29,000 feet when it entered a steep dive around 2:20 pm local time, as per data from flight-tracking website, FlightRadar24.com. The aircraft was carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said. Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for an 'all-out' rescue operation, and an investigation into the crash. (With inputs from agencies)

China Plane Crash: No sign of survivors till now, says report  

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet to Nairobi crashed early on Sunday <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/ethiopian-airlines-boeing-737-plane-crashes-on-way-to-kenya-with-149-passengers-on-board-202327">with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard</a>, the airline said, and there were no survivors, according to the state broadcaster.

The flight left Bole airport in Addis Ababa at 8.38 am local time, before losing contact with the control tower just a few minutes later at 8.44 am.

"There are no survivors onboard the flight, which carried passengers from 33 countries," said state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation, quoting an unidentified source at the airline.

Flight ET 302 crashed near the town of Bishoftu, 62 kilometres southeast of the capital Addis Ababa, the airline said, adding that the plane was a Boeing 737-800 MAX, registration number ET-AVJ.

That model number does not exist however and multiple aviation websites later identified the plane as a new 737 MAX 8, <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/ethiopian-airlines-crash-boeing-was-similar-to-lion-air-plane-that-crashed-last-october-202336">the same plane that crashed in Indonesia in October, killing 189</a>.

"Search and rescue operations are in progress and we have no confirmed information about survivors or any possible casualties," the airline said in a statement.

The flight had unstable vertical speed after take off, said flight tracking website Flightradar24 on its Twitter feed.

At Nairobi airport, many passengers were waiting at the gate, with no information from airport authorities.

"We're just waiting for my mum. We're just hoping she took a different flight or was delayed. She's not picking up her phone," said Wendy Otieno, clutching her phone and weeping.

Robert Mudanta, 46, was waiting for his brother-in-law coming from Canada.

"No, we haven't seen anyone from the airline or the airport," he told Reuters at 1pm, more than three hours after the flight was lost. "Nobody has told us anything, we are just standing here hoping for the best."

The Ethiopian prime minister's office sent condolences via Twitter to the families of those lost in the crash.

On Oct. 29, a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed into the Java Sea shortly after take-off from Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board.

The plane is the latest version of the 737 family, the world’s best selling modern passenger aircraft and one of the industry’s most reliable.

State-owned Ethiopian is one of the biggest carriers on the continent by fleet size. It said previously that it expected to carry 10.6 million passengers last year.

Its last major crash was in January 2010, when a flight from Beirut went down shortly after take-off.

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet to Nairobi crashed early on Sunday with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard, the airline said, and there were no survivors, according to the state broadcaster.

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet to Nairobi crashed early on Sunday with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard, the airline said, and there were no survivors, according to the state broadcaster. The flight left Bole airport in Addis Ababa at 8.38 am local time, before losing contact with the control tower just a few minutes later at 8.44 am. "There are no survivors onboard the flight, which carried passengers from 33 countries," said state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation, quoting an unidentified source at the airline. Flight ET 302 crashed near the town of Bishoftu, 62 kilometres southeast of the capital Addis Ababa, the airline said, adding that the plane was a Boeing 737-800 MAX, registration number ET-AVJ. That model number does not exist however and multiple aviation websites later identified the plane as a new 737 MAX 8, the same plane that crashed in Indonesia in October, killing 189. "Search and rescue operations are in progress and we have no confirmed information about survivors or any possible casualties," the airline said in a statement. The flight had unstable vertical speed after take off, said flight tracking website Flightradar24 on its Twitter feed. At Nairobi airport, many passengers were waiting at the gate, with no information from airport authorities. "We're just waiting for my mum. We're just hoping she took a different flight or was delayed. She's not picking up her phone," said Wendy Otieno, clutching her phone and weeping. Robert Mudanta, 46, was waiting for his brother-in-law coming from Canada. "No, we haven't seen anyone from the airline or the airport," he told Reuters at 1pm, more than three hours after the flight was lost. "Nobody has told us anything, we are just standing here hoping for the best." The Ethiopian prime minister's office sent condolences via Twitter to the families of those lost in the crash. On Oct. 29, a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed into the Java Sea shortly after take-off from Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board. The plane is the latest version of the 737 family, the world’s best selling modern passenger aircraft and one of the industry’s most reliable. State-owned Ethiopian is one of the biggest carriers on the continent by fleet size. It said previously that it expected to carry 10.6 million passengers last year. Its last major crash was in January 2010, when a flight from Beirut went down shortly after take-off.

Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes with 157 on board: 'No survivors,' says state media

An Iranian oil tanker burst into flames from end to end and <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/iranian-oil-tanker-has-suddenly-ignited-and-sunk-chinese-state-tv-29480" target="_blank">sank</a> Sunday, eight days after it caught fire following a collision with a cargo ship off China, state media said.

Earlier, a Tehran official said there was no hope of saving some 30 missing crewmen before the ship sank, amid concern over an oil spill as Chinese officials played down fears of a major environmental disaster.

The Sanchi, carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil from Iran, had been burning since colliding with the CF Crystal, a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter, on January 6.

At around midday Sunday the ship &quot;suddenly ignited&quot;, with the entire vessel burning fiercely and a pall of smoke between 800 and 1,000 metres (2,625 and 3,280 feet) high, China&#39;s transport ministry said, releasing dramatic pictures of the entire vessel obscured by thick black smoke.

The ship later sank, the official news agency Xinhua cited the State Oceanic Administration as saying.

&quot;There is no hope of finding survivors among the members of the crew,&quot; Mohammad Rastad, spokesman for the Iranian rescue team dispatched to Shanghai, told Iran&#39;s state broadcaster in Tehran before the tanker went down.

Rastad said information from members of the Crystal crew suggested all the personnel on the Sanchi died in the first hour of the accident &quot;due to the explosion and the release of gas&quot;.

&quot;Despite our efforts, it has not been possible to extinguish the fire and recover the bodies due to repeated explosions and gas leaks,&quot; he said.

The Sanchi, which had been headed to South Korea to deliver its cargo, had a crew of 32 -- 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis. Only three bodies have been recovered.

Scenes of anger and grief erupted in Tehran as news of the deaths reached dozens of family, friends and colleagues of the crew, who were waiting desperately for information about their loved ones at the National Iranian Tanker Company headquarters.

Labour Minister Ali Rabiei was shown crying on state television as he tried to comfort the wife of one crewman, telling her to &quot;hold your child close and be strong&quot;.&nbsp;

- &#39;Minimal human impact&#39; - 
Chinese rescuers had on Saturday recovered the tanker&#39;s &quot;black box&quot;, the transport ministry said, without specifying exactly what had been retrieved.

A reporter with China&#39;s state television CCTV aboard a plane from the State Oceanic Administration reported seeing wreckage from the Sanchi, oil on fire, and spilled fuel covering a 10-square-kilometre (3.9-square-mile) area.&nbsp;

&quot;The oil spill situation is very serious,&quot; CCTV quoted the reporter as saying on social media.

But the television channel earlier also cited Zhang Yong, a senior engineer with the State Oceanic Administration, as playing down fears of a spill.

&quot;Because this is a light crude oil spill, relatively speaking it has a much smaller impact than other oil spills, because this kind of oil is especially volatile -&ndash; most of it has entered the atmosphere, so it&#39;s had less impact on the ocean&quot;, Zhang was quoted as saying.

&quot;This area should be considered the open sea, very far from places where people live, so the human impact should be minimal.&quot;

Rescue efforts had been particularly difficult because at 89 degrees Celsius, the vessel&#39;s compartments were too hot for workers to withstand for long, CCTV quoted He Wang, an expert from Chinese oil company Huade Petrochemical, as saying.&nbsp;

A Tehran official had earlier said there was no hope of saving some 30 missing crewmen before the ship sank

An Iranian oil tanker burst into flames from end to end and sank Sunday, eight days after it caught fire following a collision with a cargo ship off China, state media said. Earlier, a Tehran official said there was no hope of saving some 30 missing crewmen before the ship sank, amid concern over an oil spill as Chinese officials played down fears of a major environmental disaster. The Sanchi, carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil from Iran, had been burning since colliding with the CF Crystal, a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter, on January 6. At around midday Sunday the ship "suddenly ignited", with the entire vessel burning fiercely and a pall of smoke between 800 and 1,000 metres (2,625 and 3,280 feet) high, China's transport ministry said, releasing dramatic pictures of the entire vessel obscured by thick black smoke. The ship later sank, the official news agency Xinhua cited the State Oceanic Administration as saying. "There is no hope of finding survivors among the members of the crew," Mohammad Rastad, spokesman for the Iranian rescue team dispatched to Shanghai, told Iran's state broadcaster in Tehran before the tanker went down. Rastad said information from members of the Crystal crew suggested all the personnel on the Sanchi died in the first hour of the accident "due to the explosion and the release of gas". "Despite our efforts, it has not been possible to extinguish the fire and recover the bodies due to repeated explosions and gas leaks," he said. The Sanchi, which had been headed to South Korea to deliver its cargo, had a crew of 32 -- 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis. Only three bodies have been recovered. Scenes of anger and grief erupted in Tehran as news of the deaths reached dozens of family, friends and colleagues of the crew, who were waiting desperately for information about their loved ones at the National Iranian Tanker Company headquarters. Labour Minister Ali Rabiei was shown crying on state television as he tried to comfort the wife of one crewman, telling her to "hold your child close and be strong". - 'Minimal human impact' - Chinese rescuers had on Saturday recovered the tanker's "black box", the transport ministry said, without specifying exactly what had been retrieved. A reporter with China's state television CCTV aboard a plane from the State Oceanic Administration reported seeing wreckage from the Sanchi, oil on fire, and spilled fuel covering a 10-square-kilometre (3.9-square-mile) area. "The oil spill situation is very serious," CCTV quoted the reporter as saying on social media. But the television channel earlier also cited Zhang Yong, a senior engineer with the State Oceanic Administration, as playing down fears of a spill. "Because this is a light crude oil spill, relatively speaking it has a much smaller impact than other oil spills, because this kind of oil is especially volatile -– most of it has entered the atmosphere, so it's had less impact on the ocean", Zhang was quoted as saying. "This area should be considered the open sea, very far from places where people live, so the human impact should be minimal." Rescue efforts had been particularly difficult because at 89 degrees Celsius, the vessel's compartments were too hot for workers to withstand for long, CCTV quoted He Wang, an expert from Chinese oil company Huade Petrochemical, as saying.

No survivors as Iranian tanker sinks engulfed in flames

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