A Chinese plane with 132 people crashes in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

State media reports that China Eastern 737 went down near city of Wuzhou, sparking mountainside fire

A passenger aircraft wearing 132 humans has crashed in southern China, and not using a survivors introduced so far, Chinese government have reported. 

The China Eastern Airlines aircraft departed Kunming at 1pm, on direction to Guangzhou. At approximately 2.20pm, in keeping with statistics from Flightradar24, the aircraft, a Boeing 737, plummeted extra than 20,000 toes in only over a minute. It then appears to have regained altitude momentarily, earlier than losing hastily again. The aircraft crashed close to the town of Wuzhou in Teng County, Guangxi province. 

The Civil Aviation Administration stated it had activated emergency protocols and despatched a running organization to the scene. State broadcasters stated rescuers were dispatched however there have been no instantaneously info of casualties. China Eastern Airlines stated it had additionally despatched officers to the webweb page in keeping with emergency measures.

There were 123 passengers and 9 crew members. According to state media, some  of the passengers' families arrived at the airline's Yunnan branch on Monday night. The airline said there were no foreigners on the plane. 

Some show  smoke eruptions from  mountainous areas. Other clips show fierce flames around a circular area, while another clip appears to show a wrecked plane bearing the name of China Eastern Airlines. The drone footage of the crash site, released Monday night, had deep scars on  the ground and  few large debris. 

Guardian has not independently verified the footage. 

Wuzhou Fire Department said it had sent 23 fire trucks and 117 employees to the scene. An additional 538 were ordered as reinforcements from the surrounding detachments. According to state media, firefighters couldn't reach the construction site by road,  so they set foot in the woodlands along the way.

According to CCTV, the fire was contained within a few hours. 

Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for an immediate investigation into the cause of the crash, the country's first serious fatal plane accident since 2010. 

British aviation experts  said there could be several reasons for the crash before further evidence emerged. Aircraft accident investigator Tony Cable said the possibilities included "out of control" or high altitude stall. 

Others have shown that the flight pattern  shown on the tracking site was that after the plane flew at a constant altitude and speed, the May Day call was not reported and the data signal descended without loss, but in 2015. He said it was similar to the Germanwings crash. An Airbus A320 airliner was intentionally crashed  into the French Alps by a pilot, killing himself and 149 people on board.  David Learmount, consulting editor at 

 Flightglobal, said: I am worried. "

According to the flight data tracker, the plane is a 6-year-old Boeing 73789P. The Boeing 737 800 is one of the most used airliners in the world, unlike the 737 Max, which was grounded worldwide after two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019. According to aviation analysis firm Cirium, China operates more aircraft than any other country, with 1,177 aircraft. State media reported that China Eastern Airlines had grounded all 737,800 aircraft. 

China Eastern Airlines, a state-owned company and one of Asia's largest airlines, did not return a call from the Guardian. The home page was switched to black and white, but state media said it was meant to mark the crash. Boeing's 

 shares fell 10% on news of the crash, but then recovered to  just under 7%.