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A plane with 132 people crashes in China

By Sahan Rathanasekara

March 21, 2022

A passenger plane carrying 132 people has crashed in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China this afternoon.

However, the Chinese media stated that the number of injured or the number of deaths has not been confirmed yet.

The Regional Emergency Management Department says a Boeing 737 of China Eastern Airlines flying from Kunming to Guangzhou crashed in the mountainous province of Wenzhou, causing a fire in the mountains.

Among the 132 people on board were 123 passengers and nine crew members, the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration said on their website.

Chinese media said the crash may have been caused by heavy smoke from a forest fire in the area.

The injured were not immediately known and the disaster relief teams have already arrived in the site, according to reports.