3月21日14時38分許，東方航空公司MU5735航班執行昆明－廣州任務時，在廣西梧州市上空失聯并墜毀。機上載有乘客123人、機組人員9人。

事故發生后，中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席習近平立即作出重要指示，驚悉東航MU5735航班失事，要立即啟動應急機制，全力組織搜救，妥善處置善后。國務院委派領導同志靠前協調處理，盡快查明事故原因，舉一反三，加強民用航空領域安全隱患排查，狠抓責任落實，確保航空運行絕對安全，確保人民生命絕對安全。

中共中央政治局常委、國務院總理李克強作出批示，要求全力以赴搜尋幸存者，盡一切可能救治傷員，妥善處理善后事宜，做好遇難者家屬安撫和服務，實事求是、及時準確發布信息，認真嚴肅查明事故原因，采取有力措施加強民航安全管理。

根據習近平指示和李克強要求，中國民航局、應急管理部等有關部門已派出工作組赴現場指導處置，并調派廣西、廣東兩地救援力量趕赴現場參與救援。目前，現場救援、善后處置及事故原因調查等工作正在進行中。

Xi orders all-out rescue efforts after plane crash

Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out search and rescue efforts after a passenger plane with 132 people aboard crashed in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Monday afternoon.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, said in his instruction that he was shocked to learn about the incident involving China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735.

He ordered the immediate launch of an emergency response, all-out search and rescue efforts and the proper settlement of the aftermath.

Xi ordered swift action to be taken to identify the cause of the crash and to strengthen the safety overhaul of the civil aviation sector to ensure the absolute safety of the sector and people's lives.

Premier Li Keqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, urged efforts to console the families of the victims and provide them with assistance, release accurate information in a timely manner, conduct a serious probe into the incident, and take strong measures to strengthen the safety of civil aviation.

Work teams have been dispatched to the scene by relevant departments. Rescue forces from Guangxi and neighboring Guangdong Province have been mobilized.