Mourning ceremony held for crash victims in S China

A mourning ceremony was held for the 132 victims - 123 passengers and nine crew members - of the crashed MU5735 aircraft at the search and rescue site on Sunday afternoon.

All people onboard the China Eastern Airlines jet were confirmed dead on Saturday night.

The event began at 2 pm on Sunday, with horns sounding through the field. Personnel involved in the search and rescue faced the direction of the crashed jet and stood in solemn silence for three minutes as a tribute to the victims, according to video footage from China Central Television.

Apart from the ceremony held at the crash site, similar events were also carried out at different localities, such as funeral homes.

Rescuers have continued to search for the remains and belongings of the victims, as well as debris from the aircraft to gather evidence and provide closure to victims' relatives. The investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.

Flight MU5735 crashed into a mountain in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Monday afternoon. The jet left Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, at 1:11 pm Monday and was scheduled to arrive in Guangzhou, Guangdong province at 3:05 pm.