Aircraft with 133 people onboard crashes
GoldenNewsNg gathered that the China Eastern Airlines plane crashed in Guangxi region with an unknown number of casualties, state broadcaster CCTV reports.
A China Eastern Airlines passenger plane carrying 133 people has crashed in southwest China, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
There was no information about any casualties in the incident as at the time of filling thiod report. 10:17am Monday 21st march
The Boeing 737 plane crashed in the countryside near Wuzhou city in the Guangxi region. It “caused a mountain fire”, CCTV said, adding that rescue teams were dispatched to the scene.
There was no word on the cause of the crash of the plane, which Flightradar24 identified as a 6-year-old 737-800 aircraft.
Local media reported that China Eastern flight MU5735 had not arrived at its scheduled destination in Guangzhou after it took off from the city of Kunming shortly after 1:00pm (0500 GMT) on Monday, citing airport staff.
The flight tracking ended at 2:22pm (0622 GMT) an altitude of 3225 feet with a speed of 376 knots.
It had been due to land at 3:05pm (0705 GMT).
Safety record
China Eastern is one of China’s three major air carriers.
The safety record of the country’s airline industry has been among the best in the world over the past decade.
The twin-engine, single aisle Boeing 737 is one of the world’s most popular planes for short and medium-haul flights.
Meanwhile, According to Aviation Safety Network, China’s last fatal jet accident was in 2010, when 44 of 96 people on board were killed when an Embraer E-190 regional jet flown by Henan Airlines crashed on approach to Yichun airport in low visibility.
