Beijing still seeking answers a year after China Eastern plane crash

Rescue workers standing in a silent tribute at the crash site of China Eastern Airlines' Flight MU5735 in Wuzhou, Guangxi, in March 2022. - Reuters

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's aviation regulator said on Monday that investigators were still looking into the cause of the crash of China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735, almost a year after the plane came down, killing all 132 people on board.

The Boeing 737-800 crashed into a mountainous region in the southwestern Guangxi region on March 21, 2022, in China's deadliest aviation disaster in 28 years.