INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
(Reuters) - A China Eastern Airlines aircraft with 132 people on board crashed in mountains in south China on Monday while on a flight from
737 aircraft and the number of casualties was not immediately known, state broadcaster CCTV said
Rescue was on its way, it said.There was no word on the cause of the crash of the plane, 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
(0511 GMT), FlightRadar24 data showed
The flight tracking ended at 2:22 p.m
(0622 GMT) an altitude of 3225 feet with a speed of 376 knots.It had been due to land in Guangzhou, on the east coast, at 3:05 p.m
(0705 GMT).The web site of China Eastern Airlines was later presented in black and white, which airlines do in response to a crash as a sign
Embraer E-190 regional jet flown by Henan Airlines crashed on approach to Yichun airport in low visibility.In 1992, a China Southern 737-300
jet flying from Guangzhou to Guilin crashed on descent, killing all 141 people on board, according to Aviation Safety Network.Source:
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