There were 96 people on board, including five crew members.

There is no official account of what happened during the landing and the investigation into the cause of the crash is on the way.

Work crews are continuing to search the black box in the wreckage.

The crashed EMB-190 plane was designed and manufactured by Embraer, a major Brazilian aircraft maker.

Yichun airport opened last year, one of a number of new domestic airports to boost local economies.

China's last major passenger plane crash was in November 2004 when a China Eastern jet crashed in northern China, killing all 53 on board and two on the ground.