Chinese government officials have confirmed that a china Eastern airlines plane carrying 132 people crashed in Guangxi province. According to the Chinese Department of Civil Aviation. The death toll and the cause of the crash are not yet fully known.
State media have reported that a Boeing 737 jet crashed in a mountainous area, causing a forest fire. Flight MU5735 departed Kunming from Guangzhou at 1:15 pm (05:15 GMT) local time. Rescue crews have been dispatched to the crash site. The first group of them have arrived at the scene.
The plane crashed near Deng County in Wuzhou province. Guangxi is a neighboring province of Guangzhou, a major city in the southeast.
2021
On january 9, a plane belonging to Srivijaya airlines crashed in the Java sea and 62 people on plane were killed.
2020
On May 22, an Airbus A320 with 91 passengers and eight crew members on board crashed in a residential area in Karachi, Pakistan. Of these, more than 90 died. Only at least 2 people survived the crash.
2019
On march 10, a Boeing 737 Max aircraft belonging to Ethiopian airlines crashed in the Addis Ababa area and nobody survived. The victims were from more than 30 countries.
2018
On april 11, a military plane crashed in the Algerian capital, Algiers. All 257 people on board, including 10 crew members, were killed. Most of the victims were soldiers and their families.
2017
No plane crashes occurred in 2017.
2016
On december 25, a Russian military aircraft Tu-154 jet crashed in the Black Sea. Of these, 92 passengers were killed. Artists and journalists who went to syria to perform for Russian troops were killed in the clashes.
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