{"id":19154,"date":"2022-03-21T17:30:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=19154"},"modified":"2022-03-21T17:30:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:00:07","slug":"chinese-airline-b737-crash-in-guangxi-province-with-133-people-on-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/21\/chinese-airline-b737-crash-in-guangxi-province-with-133-people-on-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese airline B737 crash in Guangxi province with 133 people on board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A China Eastern passenger jet carrying 132 people crashed in southern China on Monday, aviation authorities told. China’s state-run media told the crash led to a fire on a mountain and an unknown number of casualties. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Boeing 737 flight from Kunming city to the southern hub of Guangzhou “lost airborne contact over Wuzhou” city in the Guangxi region, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (<\/a>CAAC) told in an online statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“At present, it has been confirmed that this flight has crashed,” the CAAC told, adding that it had activated its emergency answer and “dispatched a working group to the scene.” The plane was carrying 123 passengers and 9 flight crew members, the CAAC expressed. An earlier state media report had told there were 133 people on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State broadcaster CCTV reported that the plane crashed in Teng county around Wuzhou and “caused a mountain fire,” citing the provincial emergency management bureau. The crash site was about 150 miles from the destination of Guangzhou, meaning the aircraft had traveled about 500 miles of its travel. The report counted that recovery teams were dispatched to the scene.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

China Eastern MU5735 accident <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“We are shocked to learn of the China Eastern MU5735<\/a> accident,” Chinese President Xi Jinping was quoted as saying by state broadcaster CCTV. He also called for “all efforts” to be assumed to rescue any survivors and to find out the “cause of the accident as soon as possible.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One villager informed a local news site that the plane involved in the crash had “completely fallen apart” and he had seen nearby forest areas destroyed by a fire caused when the aircraft crashed onto the mountainside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n