A Chinese state-owned Eastern Airlines plane carrying 132 people has crashed in southern China. The plane crashed in a mountainous area of Wuzhou in China's Guangxi province on Monday. Its ruins are scattered. Rescuers say there are no signs of any survivors on board. The plane, carrying 123 passengers and nine crew, left Kunming, Yunnan Province, China at 1:11 a.m. local time on Monday. It was scheduled to land in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, bordering Hong Kong, at 3:05 p.m. According to the Swedish-based website Flightradar-24, which provides commercial flight information, the Boeing 737-800 is six years old. After leaving Kunming, it was flying at an altitude of 29,100 feet. Just two minutes and 15 seconds later, it descended to a height of 9,065 feet. After another 20 seconds, the plane landed at 3,225 feet. Its location could not be ascertained after that. A rescue official was quoted by several Chinese media outlets as saying that the plane caught fire after it crashed. The Chinese media People's Daily quoted the regional fire service as saying that no survivors were found in the rubble. Eastern Airlines has launched a hotline to communicate with the relatives of the passengers. The cause of the accident was not known, they said in a statement.
Chinese airlines have a reputation for safety. The last major accident happened 12 years ago.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered a speedy investigation into the cause of the crash. At the same time, he said, to ensure maximum safety in the movement of aircraft. Boeing, the maker of the crashed plane, said in a statement that it had received reports from various media outlets that the plane had crashed. Attempts are being made to gather more information in this regard.
China's state-owned Eastern Airlines has 109 Boeing 737-800 aircraft. In addition, there are 40 small Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The last major plane crash in China was in 2010, according to the Aviation Safety Network, an organization that provides information on aircraft crashes. That year, a Henan Airlines plane carrying 96 passengers crashed in the country. 44 of them were killed. Earlier, in 1994, the biggest plane crash in the history of China took place. 160 people died in that accident.
A plane carrying 133 people crashed in China
According to CCTV, the Boeing 737 crashed in a remote area of the city of Wuzhou in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The coil can be seen at the accident site. Rescuers have been dispatched to the scene.
The BBC reports that the plane crashed in a mountainous area. The MU-5635 flight left Kunming for Guangzhou at 1:00 pm local time. Flight Tracker Flightradar-24 then shows the location of the aircraft as 'Unknown'. The plane did not reach its intended destination Guangzhou after leaving Kunming at 1pm local time, local media reported, citing AFP. AFP did not respond to a request for comment. Horrific plane crash on Chinese soil. The Boeing 737 crashed. The plane was flying from Kunming to Guangzhou. It is said that South China collapsed just in time. It is reported that a mountain has collapsed in the jungle. The plane was engulfed in black smoke shortly after takeoff. That horrible picture has been captured from afar. Initially it was known that there were 133 passengers in that plane. It is thought that no one survived the horrific incident. However, rescue operations have begun during the war. No Chinese media outlet has yet commented on the matter.
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