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A China Eastern Airlines passenger plane with 132 passengers on board crashed in the mountains of southern China on Monday and the number of possible casualties is unknown, state television reported.
Chinese state television reported that a China Eastern Airlines plane carrying 132 people crashed on Monday (March 21st) in southwest China, according to the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration.
The Boeing 737 crashed near the city of Wuzhou, in the Guangxi region, and “ignited a fire” in a mountain, state television CCTV said, adding that rescue teams had been sent to square.
According to local media, China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 took off shortly after 1 p.m. local time (5 a.m. GMT) from the southwest metropolis of Kunming. His destination was Canton, some 1,300 km away.
The aircraft “lost contact over the city of Wuzhou” in the mountainous region of Guangxi, the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) said.
“It is confirmed that this flight crashed,” she added in a brief statement, adding that she had dispatched “a task force” to the scene.
No comment was immediately available from China Eastern, contacted by AFP. The last major air accident in China dates back to August 2010. It killed 42 people.
With AFP
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