China Eastern Airlines crash: Website turns black-and-white in sign of respect
A Chinese Eastern Airlines plane – a Boeing-737 – carrying 132 people, including nine crew members crashed in the country’s southwestern province of Guangxi on Monday. Visuals of the crash circulated on social media showing a big fire on a mountain side.
After the crash, the website of China Eastern Airlines, mobile app and some of its other social media platforms were presented in black and white – what airlines do as a sign of respect or mourning for the assumed victims.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the country to step up all rescue efforts after the crash. He has also urged the officials to find a reason behind the incident as soon as possible.
