The accident involving the Boeing 737-800 killed 123 passengers and nine crew members. [File Photo: Shutterstock]
Key Takeaways:
All 132 passengers and crew aboard China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735, a Boeing 737-800, were confirmed dead after it crashed in China's Guangxi region.
Investigators are actively searching for the cause of the steep, rapid descent and have already recovered one of the aircraft's "black boxes."
Recovery efforts are ongoing amidst heavily fragmented wreckage and challenging weather conditions, marking China's worst air disaster in over a decade.
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