JUST IN: Plane Carrying 133 People Crashes In China

A Plane Carrying 133 People Crashes In China, According to Chinese official media, a China Eastern airliner carrying 133 people crashed in Guangxi province.

The number of people killed and the cause of the crash are still unknown.

According to official media, the Boeing 737 jet crash in a hilly terrain resulted in a forest fire.

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

The jet was in the air for slightly over an hour, according to flight tracking sites.

The plane crashed in Wuzhou province’s Teng county. Guangxi is a province in southern China that borders Guangzhou, a large metropolis in the southeast.

According to CCTV, rescue teams have been dispatched to the scene.

The last sourced information on the flight was that it ended at 14:22 local time, at an altitude of 3,225 feet, according to Flight Radar 23 data. A Plane Carrying 133 People Crashes In China

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