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Terrain, rain hampering search at site of China plane crash

A China Eastern Airlines plane taxis on a runway at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming, in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Screens display cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A screen displays cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Mao Yanfeng, the director of the accident investigation division of the Civil Aviation Authority of China speaks during a press conference in Wuzhou city on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. China says one of two black boxes from the China Eastern plane crash was found in severely damaged condition. The recorder is so damaged that they are not able to tell whether it is the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Video journalists film a news conference chaired by Zhu Tao, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A relative of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 leave the area near the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 arrive near the crash site, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 arrive near the crash site, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, an emergency worker holding an orange-colored "black box" recorder found at the China Eastern flight crash site Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Tengxian County in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A Chinese aviation official said Wednesday that one of the two "black box" recorders had been found in severely damaged condition, two days after a China Eastern flight crashed in southern China with 132 people on board. (CCTV via AP Video) In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, an emergency worker puts an orange-colored "black box" recorder into a plastic bag at the China Eastern flight crash site Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Tengxian County in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A Chinese aviation official said Wednesday that one of the two "black box" recorders had been found in severely damaged condition, two days after a China Eastern flight crashed in southern China with 132 people on board. (CCTV via AP Video) A China Eastern Airlines plane taxis on a runway at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming, in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Screens display cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A screen displays cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Mao Yanfeng, the director of the accident investigation division of the Civil Aviation Authority of China speaks during a press conference in Wuzhou city on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. China says one of two black boxes from the China Eastern plane crash was found in severely damaged condition. The recorder is so damaged that they are not able to tell whether it is the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Video journalists film a news conference chaired by Zhu Tao, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A relative of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 leave the area near the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 arrive near the crash site, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 arrive near the crash site, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, an emergency worker holding an orange-colored "black box" recorder found at the China Eastern flight crash site Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Tengxian County in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A Chinese aviation official said Wednesday that one of the two "black box" recorders had been found in severely damaged condition, two days after a China Eastern flight crashed in southern China with 132 people on board. (CCTV via AP Video) In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, an emergency worker puts an orange-colored "black box" recorder into a plastic bag at the China Eastern flight crash site Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Tengxian County in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A Chinese aviation official said Wednesday that one of the two "black box" recorders had been found in severely damaged condition, two days after a China Eastern flight crashed in southern China with 132 people on board. (CCTV via AP Video) A China Eastern Airlines plane taxis on a runway at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming, in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Screens display cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A screen displays cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Mao Yanfeng, the director of the accident investigation division of the Civil Aviation Authority of China speaks during a press conference in Wuzhou city on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. China says one of two black boxes from the China Eastern plane crash was found in severely damaged condition. The recorder is so damaged that they are not able to tell whether it is the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Video journalists film a news conference chaired by Zhu Tao, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A relative of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 leave the area near the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 arrive near the crash site, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 arrive near the crash site, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, an emergency worker holding an orange-colored "black box" recorder found at the China Eastern flight crash site Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Tengxian County in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A Chinese aviation official said Wednesday that one of the two "black box" recorders had been found in severely damaged condition, two days after a China Eastern flight crashed in southern China with 132 people on board. (CCTV via AP Video) In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, an emergency worker puts an orange-colored "black box" recorder into a plastic bag at the China Eastern flight crash site Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Tengxian County in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A Chinese aviation official said Wednesday that one of the two "black box" recorders had been found in severely damaged condition, two days after a China Eastern flight crashed in southern China with 132 people on board. (CCTV via AP Video) A China Eastern Airlines plane taxis on a runway at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming, in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Screens display cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A screen displays cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Mao Yanfeng, the director of the accident investigation division of the Civil Aviation Authority of China speaks during a press conference in Wuzhou city on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. China says one of two black boxes from the China Eastern plane crash was found in severely damaged condition. The recorder is so damaged that they are not able to tell whether it is the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Video journalists film a news conference chaired by Zhu Tao, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A relative of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 leave the area near the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 arrive near the crash site, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 arrive near the crash site, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, an emergency worker holding an orange-colored "black box" recorder found at the China Eastern flight crash site Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Tengxian County in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A Chinese aviation official said Wednesday that one of the two "black box" recorders had been found in severely damaged condition, two days after a China Eastern flight crashed in southern China with 132 people on board. (CCTV via AP Video) In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, an emergency worker puts an orange-colored "black box" recorder into a plastic bag at the China Eastern flight crash site Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Tengxian County in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A Chinese aviation official said Wednesday that one of the two "black box" recorders had been found in severely damaged condition, two days after a China Eastern flight crashed in southern China with 132 people on board. (CCTV via AP Video) A China Eastern Airlines plane taxis on a runway at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming, in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Screens display cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A screen displays cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Mao Yanfeng, the director of the accident investigation division of the Civil Aviation Authority of China attend a press conference in Wuzhou city on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. China says one of two black boxes from the China Eastern plane crash was found in severely damaged condition. The recorder is so damaged that they are not able to tell whether it is the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Mao Yanfeng, the director of the accident investigation division of the Civil Aviation Authority of China, left and He Rong from the Guangxi Fire and Rescue Force attend a press conference in Wuzhou city on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. China says one of two black boxes from the China Eastern plane crash was found in severely damaged condition. The recorder is so damaged that they are not able to tell whether it is the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Mao Yanfeng, the director of the accident investigation division of the Civil Aviation Authority of China speaks during a press conference in Wuzhou city on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. China says one of two black boxes from the China Eastern plane crash was found in severely damaged condition. The recorder is so damaged that they are not able to tell whether it is the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Zhu Tao, third from left, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, fifth from left, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials attend a news conference following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Video journalists film a news conference chaired by Zhu Tao, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A relative of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 leave the area near the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 arrive near the crash site, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 arrive near the crash site, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Travelers queue at the China Eastern Airlines check-in counter at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Thursday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A China Eastern Airlines plane taxis on a runway at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming, in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Screens display cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A screen displays cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A sign advertising expedited check-in for China Eastern Airline travelers from Kunming to Guangzhou stands in Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Zhu Tao, third from left, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, fifth from left, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials attend a news conference following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Video journalists film a news conference chaired by Zhu Tao, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A relative of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 leave the area near the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 arrive near the crash site, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 arrive near the crash site, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Travelers queue at the China Eastern Airlines check-in counter at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Thursday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A China Eastern Airlines plane taxis on a runway at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming, in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Screens display cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A screen displays cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A sign advertising expedited check-in for China Eastern Airline travelers from Kunming to Guangzhou stands in Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Zhu Tao, third from left, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, fifth from left, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials attend a news conference following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Video journalists film a news conference chaired by Zhu Tao, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers of MU5735 arrive at the entrance of Lu village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers of MU5735 arrive at the entrance of Lu village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A relative of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 leave the area near the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Travelers queue at the China Eastern Airlines check-in counter at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Thursday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A China Eastern Airlines plane taxis on a runway at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming, in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Screens display cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A screen displays cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A sign advertising expedited check-in for China Eastern Airline travelers from Kunming to Guangzhou stands in Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Zhu Tao, third from left, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, fifth from left, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials attend a news conference following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Video journalists film a news conference chaired by Zhu Tao, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers of MU5735 arrive at the entrance of Lu village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers of MU5735 arrive at the entrance of Lu village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A relative of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 leave the area near the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lu village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Liu Guizu, a migrant worker from Yunnan, looks at her phone while waiting for her flight at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found yet among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. Liu said she still had hope that some had survived. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Travelers queue at the China Eastern Airlines check-in counter at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Thursday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A view of Kunming Changshui International Airport, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A China Eastern Airlines plane taxis on a runway at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming, in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Screens display cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A screen displays cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A sign advertising expedited check-in for China Eastern Airline travelers from Kunming to Guangzhou stands in Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Zhu Tao, third from left, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, fifth from left, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials attend a news conference following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Video journalists film a news conference chaired by Zhu Tao, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers of MU5735 arrive at the entrance of Lv village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescue workers search for the black boxes at a plane crash site in Tengxian county, southwestern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (Zhou Hua/Xinhua via AP) Medical workers arrive for duty near the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lv village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A relative of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 leave the area near the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lv village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 leave the village near the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Liu Guizu, a migrant worker from Yunnan, looks at her phone while waiting for her flight at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found yet among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. Liu said she still had hope that some had survived. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Travelers queue at the China Eastern Airlines check-in counter at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Thursday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A view of Kunming Changshui International Airport, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A China Eastern Airlines plane taxis on a runway at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming, in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Screens display cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A screen displays cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A sign advertising expedited check-in for China Eastern Airline travelers from Kunming to Guangzhou stands in Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Zhu Tao, third from left, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, fifth from left, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials attend a news conference following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Video journalists film a news conference chaired by Zhu Tao, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers of MU5735 arrive at the entrance of Lv village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescue workers search for the black boxes at a plane crash site in Tengxian county, southwestern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (Zhou Hua/Xinhua via AP) Medical workers arrive for duty near the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lv village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A relative of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 leave the area near the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Lv village, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 leave the village near the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Liu Guizu, a migrant worker from Yunnan, looks at her phone while waiting for her flight at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found yet among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. Liu said she still had hope that some had survived. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Travelers queue at the China Eastern Airlines check-in counter at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Thursday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A view of Kunming Changshui International Airport, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A China Eastern Airlines plane taxis on a runway at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming, in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Screens display cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A screen displays cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A sign advertising expedited check-in for China Eastern Airline travelers from Kunming to Guangzhou stands in Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Zhu Tao, third from left, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, fifth from left, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials attend a news conference following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Video journalists film a news conference chaired by Zhu Tao, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers of MU5735 arrive at the entrance of Lv village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescue workers search for the black boxes at a plane crash site in Tengxian county, southwestern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (Zhou Hua/Xinhua via AP) A vehicle with equipment for radio wave monitoring is seen at the entrance of Lv village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Government workers control access at the entrance of Lv village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Liu Guizu, a migrant worker from Yunnan, looks at her phone while waiting for her flight at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found yet among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. Liu said she still had hope that some had survived. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Travelers queue at the China Eastern Airlines check-in counter at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Thursday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A view of Kunming Changshui International Airport, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A China Eastern Airlines plane taxis on a runway at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming, in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Screens display cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A screen displays cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A sign advertising expedited check-in for China Eastern Airline travelers from Kunming to Guangzhou stands in Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Zhu Tao, third from left, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, fifth from left, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials attend a news conference following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Video journalists film a news conference chaired by Zhu Tao, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers of MU5735 arrive at the entrance of Lv village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescue workers search for the black boxes at a plane crash site in Tengxian county, southwestern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (Zhou Hua/Xinhua via AP) A vehicle with equipment for radio wave monitoring is seen at the entrance of Lv village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Government workers control access at the entrance of Lv village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Liu Guizu, a migrant worker from Yunnan, looks at her phone while waiting for her flight at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found yet among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. Liu said she still had hope that some had survived. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Travelers queue at the China Eastern Airlines check-in counter at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Thursday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A view of Kunming Changshui International Airport, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A China Eastern Airlines plane taxis on a runway at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming, in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Screens display cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A screen displays cancelled China Eastern Airline flights at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) A sign advertising expedited check-in for China Eastern Airline travelers from Kunming to Guangzhou stands in Kunming Changshui International Airport, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province. No survivors have been found among the 132 people onboard a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that departed from Kunming and crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the crash remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) Zhu Tao, third from left, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, fifth from left, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials attend a news conference following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Video journalists film a news conference chaired by Zhu Tao, Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Sun Shiying, Chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., LTD and other officials following the China Eastern plane crash, at a hotel in Wuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers of MU5735 arrive at the entrance of Lv village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescue workers search for the black boxes at a plane crash site in Tengxian county, southwestern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A China Eastern flight 5735 carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China's southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it. (Zhou Hua/Xinhua via AP) A vehicle with equipment for radio wave monitoring is seen at the entrance of Lv village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Government workers control access at the entrance of Lv village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Relatives of passengers of MU5735 arrive at the entrance of Lv village which leads to the crash site on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in southwestern China's Guangxi province. Rough terrain was hampering the search Wednesday for clues into why a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and crashed into a wooded mountainside earlier this week, presumably killing all 132 people on board. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Terrain, rain hampering search at site of China plane crash