Boeing 737 carrying more than 130 people crashes in southern China.
The plane lost contact over Wuzhou during a flight between the southern cities of Kunming and Guangzhou, China Eastern Airlines and the country’s Civil Aviation Administration said. The 132 people on board included 123 passengers and nine crew members, they said.
Rescuers were dispatched to the crash site in the southern region of Guangxi, local officials said, while the airline andAmbulances arrive at the scene after a China Eastern plane crashed in Guangxi, China on Monday.A mountainside fire sparked by the crash burned down bamboo and trees before being put out, Reuters reported citing local media. Satellite data from NASA showed a massive fire in the area where the plane went down at the time of the crash.
China Eastern launched an emergency hotline for families of those on board. One of China’s largest airlines, it carries more than 130 million passengers a year, according to its website, and has a fleet of 730 aircraft.
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