There were 133 people on board
A Boeing 737 plane of China Eastern Airlines with 133 passengers on board crashed in southern China. No casualties have been reported yet. This was announced by China National Television on Monday, quoted by TASS.
The presumed place of the accident is in a mountainous area. Rescue teams were sent to the scene of the accident, where a fire broke out.
#BREAKING | Crash in South China. Boeing 737 with 133 passengers on board crashed. Rescue operations underway.
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The airline has been operating Boeing since 2015.
According to Flightradar24, the plane took off from Kunming at 13:15 local time and was traveling to Guangzhou. At about 2:20 p.m., near Uzhou, the plane began to drop sharply and lose altitude, then disappeared from radar.
#LIVE | China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 passenger flight bound from Guangzhou to Kunming crashed with 133 onboard, as per Chinese state media; Visuals of the crash in southern China show smoke rising from mountainous region https://t.co/kJjJ8boiw2 pic.twitter.com/9yWvfHktji
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