China – A plane with 133 people on board crashes

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A China Eastern Airlines aircraft crashed in southern China, near Wuzhou. No immediate results.

A China Eastern Airlines plane with 133 people on board crashed in southwest China on Monday, state television reported, without providing an immediate toll.

The Boeing-737 crashed near the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region and “ignited a fire” in a mountain, CCTV said, adding that rescue teams had been sent to the scene.

According to local media, China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 took off shortly after 1:00 p.m. local time (0500 GMT) from the southwest metropolis of Kunming. His destination was Canton, some 1,300 km away.

No comment was immediately available from China Eastern contacted by AFP.

The last major air accident in China dates back to August 2010. It killed 42 people.

(AFP)

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