China Eastern Boeing 737 plane crashes with 132 aboard in Guangxi province

A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi, according to officials said. There was no immediate word on numbers of dead and injured. The plane was carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members. The flight was traveling from Kunming in the western province of Yunnan to the industrial center of Guangzhou along the east coast.

The CAAC said it had sent a team of officials, and the Guangxi fire service said work was underway to control a mountainside blaze ignited by the crash. Calls to China Eastern offices were not immediately answered. State media said local police first received calls from villagers alerting the crash around 2:30 p.m. . Guangxi provincial emergency management department said contact with the plane was lost at 2:15 p.m. .Shanghai-based China Eastern is one of China’s top three airlines, operating scores of domestic and international routes serving 248 destinations.

The black box will tell the tale.

Sad for the human and families impacted. God bless.

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