Assistance prepared for investigation

What we know so far

- Recovered black box initially believed as cockpit voice recorder (Read more)

- Crashed plane's black box recovered: Rescuer (Read more)

- Weather normal during time of plane crash: Official (Read more)

- Pilots of crashed plane were healthy, experienced: China Eastern Airlines (Read more)

- Rescue efforts halted due to rain (Read more)

- Assistance prepared for investigation

- Much of the debris from the aircraft was in small pieces.

- Passengers' personal belongings were found at the crash site, including wallets, ID cards and bank cards. (Read more)

- Over 2,000 search and rescue workers have intensified efforts to recover the black box. (Read more)

- Vice-Premier Liu He and State Councilor Wang Yong arrived in Wuzhou early Tuesday morning to guide rescue work, the settlement of the aftermath and investigation into the cause of the crash.

- China Eastern Airlines had established contact with relatives of all the passengers within 24 hours.

- A passenger plane with 132 aboard crashed in S China on Monday afternoon.

- The flight was carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members, all Chinese nationals.

- The crash caused a mountain wildfire and no survivors have been found so far. (Read more)

- When the plane was found to have drastically plunged at 2:20 pm on Monday, air traffic controllers made repeated calls to the crew, but received no response.