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Plane carrying 133 crashes in China, casualties unknown

Boeing 737 jet meets hard stop in rural countryside near Wuzhou, Guangxi

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 21 Mar 2022 5:00PM

Plane carrying 133 crashes in China, casualties unknown
CCTV says a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 plane carrying 133 people has crashed in Teng county, Wuzhou, Guangxi, and caused a mountain fire. – Wikipedia pic, March 21, 2022

BEIJING – A China Eastern passenger jet carrying 133 people has crashed in southwest China and caused a mountain fire with casualties unknown, state broadcaster CCTV reported today.

The Boeing 737 plane crashed in the rural countryside near Wuzhou city, Guangxi region and “caused a mountain fire”, CCTV said, citing the provincial emergency management bureau.

The report added that rescue teams were dispatched to the scene.

CCTV said a “China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 plane carrying 133 people has crashed in Teng county, Wuzhou, Guangxi, and caused a mountain fire”.

Local media reported that China Eastern flight MU5735 had not arrived at its scheduled destination in Guangzhou after it took off from the city of Kunming shortly after 1pm (0500 GMT) today, citing airport staff.

There was no immediate response from China Eastern. – AFP, March 21, 2022

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