Written By John Mutiso 📝
Chinese aviation officials have confirmed that a China Eastern Airlines passenger plane carrying 132 people crashed on Monday afternoon in a mountainous area in Guangxi province.
According to state media reporting, the crash of the Boeing 737 jet led to a fire in the woods.
“Currently a rescue team has assembled and is approaching,” said an online report issued by Chinese state television. “The situation with casualties remains unclear.”
Flight tracking sites report the plane was in the air for just over an hour.
The plane went down near the city of Wuzhou in Teng County. Guangxi is a southern province neighbouring Guangzhou, a major city in the south-east.
According to FlightRadar24 data, the last sourced information on the flight showed it ended at 14:22 local time, at an altitude of 3,225 ft.
Footage posted online and shared by state media People’s Daily show plumes of smoke billowing from a mountainous, forested area. Another clip shows what appears to be wreckage from the plane on a muddy, mountain path.
The number of casualties and reason for the crash are not yet known.
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