KUALA LUMPUR: The Foreign Ministry has received no report of any Malaysians involved in the tragic crash of China Eastern Airlines flight MU5375 in Guangxi province yesterday.
The ministry said the Malaysian embassy in Beijing and the consulates general in Kunming, Nanning and Guangzhou had been keeping a close watch on the developments in the crash.
"On behalf of the Malaysian government, the ministry would like to extend its condolences and sympathy to the government of the People's Republic of China and the families of the victims who perished in the accident," the ministry said in a statement today.
It was reported that 123 passengers and nine crew members were on board the aircraft when it crashed into a mountain in southern China yesterday, shortly after losing contact with air traffic control and dropping thousands of metres in just three minutes.
The Boeing 737-800 from Kunming to the southern hub of Guangzhou "lost airborne contact over Wuzhou" in the Guangxi region on Monday afternoon, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
China Eastern confirmed late Monday that at least some people involved in the crash had been killed, without providing more information or giving details on any survivors.