China Eastern Boeing 737 with 132 people on board crashed in the mountains in south China on Monday while on a flight from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said.
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The agency said in a statement the crash occurred near the city of Wuzhou in Teng county. The flight was traveling from Kunming in the western province of Yunnan to the industrial center of Guangzhou along the east coast, it added.
There was no immediate word on number of dead and injured or 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. 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.
