BREAKING: China Eastern Airlines passenger jet crashes with 133 people on board
The Boeing 737-800 was flying a domestic routeThe plane lost contact with the ground only an hour into the flight
Chinese state media reported Chinese Eastern Airlines flight MU5735, a Boeing 737-800, was flying a domestic route from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou when it crashed on a hill in Guangxi province. Reports said rescue teams were near the site of the crash, which was ablaze, but casualties were unclear.The Civil Aviation Administration of China said the aircraft lost contact over the city of Wuzhou.The plane was flying from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou.The plane was six years old and took off from Kunming at 1:11pm local time, according to information on the FlightRadar24 website.The plane had been due to land at 3:05pm local time.
The safety record of China's airline industry has been among the best in the world over the past decade. According to the 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.
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