BREAKING: Plane Carrying 132 People Has Crashed

BREAKING: Plane Carrying 132 People Has Crashed

A plane carrying 132 people has gone down in the ocean.

A jet carrying 132 people from China Eastern Airlines crashed in the mountains of southern Guangxi province.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China reported there were 123 passengers and nine staff members on board the Boeing 737-800, according to this online news portal (CAA).

The number of people killed and the cause of the jet disaster that killed 132 people are yet unknown.

Rescue workers have been dispatched to the region, and a fire in the woods triggered by the plane crash has been extinguished, according to reports. It’s possible that no one on board survived.

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The CAA also stated that personnel had been summoned to the scene. Over the last decade, China has had a good track record in terms of aviation safety.

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The country’s most recent catastrophic aviation tragedy occurred in August 2010, when a Harbin-bound airplane crashed in Yichun, killing 42 passengers.

China Eastern has yet to react or reply to questions about the incident, although it has changed its Weibo account’s logo to a grey color.

Flight MU5735 was due to depart Kunming at 13:11 local time (05:11 GMT) and arrive in Guangzhou at 15:05.

Touchaheart reports that the jet had been in the air for just over an hour and was approaching its destination when it crashed in Wuzhou, according to flight tracking services.

According to FlightRadar24 data, the flight ended at 14:22 local time, at an altitude of 3,225 feet.