A China Eastern Airlines passenger jet with 132 people on board crashed in the mountains of southern China on Monday while on a flight from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou, China's Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said.The jet involved in the accident was a Boeing 737 aircraft and the number of casualties was not immediately known, state broadcaster CCTV said.Rescue services were on their way to the scene, Reuters reported.There was no word on the cause of the crash.The plane was a 6-year-old 737-800 aircraft, according to Flightradar24.The CAAC said the aircraft lost contact over the city of Wuzhou.
It had 123 passengers and nine crew on board.
State media said earlier there were 133 people on board.The CAAC has activated the emergency mechanism and sent a working group to the scene,& it said in a statement.The post China Eastern Airlines Boeing with 132 on board crashes in China first appeared on Ariana News.