A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane with 132 people aboard crashed in Southern China, Lebeaucarnews reports to SquawkStreet.
Contact was lost with the flight over Wuzhou, in the Guangxi region, the authority said. It was scheduled to fly from Kunming to Guangzhou in the southeast of the country.China's Civil Aviation Administration said it had "activated the emergency mechanism and dispatched a working group to the scene," according to a translation.A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft flies on February 13, 2022 in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China.
"This kind of tragedy is extremely unusual," Richard Aboulafia, a managing director at AeroDynamic Advisory, said of the plane's sudden drop.China's Civil Aviation Administration said it had "activated the emergency mechanism and dispatched a working group to the scene," according to a translation. China Eastern Airlines confirmed the crash and the number of people on board via a statement on Weibo, China's version of Twitter. The airline said it is sending workers to the site of the crash and has opened a hotline for family members.
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