China: A Boeing 737 crashes with 133 people on board

The airplane of China Eastern Airlines, which crashed in the Guangxi region, in southwestern China, has “caused a fire” in a mountain, according to public television. No balance sheet was available in the immediate future.

Le Monde

A plane from the company China Eastern Airlines carrying 133 people crashed, Monday, March 21, in southwestern China, reported public television, without providing a balance sheet in the immediate future.

The Boeing 737 crashed near the city of Wuzhou, in the Guangxi region, and “caused a fire” in a mountain, “said CCTV, adding that emergency teams had been sent on the spot.

According to the local media, the MU5735 flight from China Eastern Airlines took off shortly after 13 hours (5 hours GMT) of the Kunming (southwest) metropolis. It was destined for canton, some 1,300 kilometers.

No comments were immediately available from China Eastern contacted by AFP. The last major aircraft in China went back to August 2010. He had made 42 victims.

/Media reports.