MU5735 Crash: At Least 132 On Board China Eastern Plane Feared Dead

Officials reported a China Eastern Boeing 737 carrying 132 people crashed in the southern region of Guangxi on Monday.

In a statement, China’s Civil Aviation Administration reported the crash happened near Wuzhou in Teng county. According to the report, the airplane was flying from Kunming in Yunnan’s western region to Guangzhou, China’s industrial capital on the east coast.

There was no immediate information on how many people were killed or injured. According to the CAAC, the plane was carrying 123 passengers and nine staff members, revising earlier claims that there were 133 people on board.

The CAAC said it had dispatched a team of officials, and the Guangxi fire department said it was working to put out a mountainside fire sparked by the collision.

NASA satellite data revealed a large fire just where the plane fell down at the moment of the crash.