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China Eastern plane with 133 people on board crashes

A China Eastern Airlines aircraft with 133 people on board has crashed in Guangxi province.

The number of casualties is not yet known.

The Boeing 737 jet crashed in a mountainous region leading to a fire in the woods, Chinese state media, CCTV, reported.

Flight MU5735 was scheduled to leave Kunming at 13:15 local time (05:15 GMT) and was en route to Guangzhou.

Rescue crews have been deployed to the area.

The plane had crashed near Teng county in Wuzhou province.

Guangxi is a southern province neighbouring Guangzhou, a major city in the south-east.

Flight trackers like FlightRadar24 show the location of the plane as “unknown”.

Details later…

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