Fire and rescue teams have continued to carry out search operations at the crash site of a China Eastern Airlines jet in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, amid recent heavy rain, a China Daily reporter learned after arriving at the site on Thursday afternoon.

Heavy rain affected the search for a second straight day, with small landslides triggered on Thursday. Nevertheless, fire and rescue teams need to comb the heavily forested and steep slopes, which is very energy sapping, so different teams have to take turns to conduct the search, the China Daily reporter learned.