BEIJING — Rescue staff have not discovered any survivors from this week’s China Eastern Airlines crash and the hunt for the black field continues, authorities mentioned late Tuesday.

A Boeing 737-800 flight carrying 132 individuals nosedived Monday afternoon in a rural, mountainous a part of the southern area of Guangxi. Authorities have not confirmed any fatalities or shared why the crash occurred.

No survivors have been discovered, and the Ministry of Public Safety has closed off the crash web site, Zhu Tao, director of the aviation security workplace on the Civil Aviation Administration of China, mentioned at a press convention Tuesday evening.

Staff are nonetheless on the lookout for the black boxes, Zhu mentioned, referring to the technical gear on airplanes that might reveal causes for the crash.

Search and rescue staff face further challenges from a pointy temperature drop and torrential rain that started Tuesday evening, based on an area climate forecast.

Because the crash concerned a U.S.-made airplane, the U.S. Nationwide Transportation Security Board mentioned it has appointed a senior air security investigator to the China-led investigation.

The board added that representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing and CFM will function technical advisors. CFM is a three way partnership between U.S.-based General Electric and France-based Safran that manufactured the engines on the crashed airplane, based on the security board.

The 9 crew members and the plane met flight necessities earlier than take-off, Solar Shiying, chairman of China Japanese’s firm in Yunnan province — the place the flight departed from — mentioned throughout Tuesday’s press convention.

China Japanese Airways shares rose barely in Hong Kong buying and selling on Wednesday morning. Boeing shares gained about 2.8% in a single day.