Boeing 737 Plane Carrying 132 Crashes In China

New Delhi: A Boeing 737 passenger plane carrying 133 passengers crashed in China on Monday.

According to reports, the plane belonging to China Eastern Airlines crashed in Teng County, Wuzhou of Guangxi province, and caused a mountain fire.

The fight MU5736 was flying from Guangzhou to Kunming and departed the airport at 13.11 PM and it was scheduled to arrive at 15.05 PM.

''The Boeing 737 flight from Kunming city to the southern hub of Guangzhou lost airborne contact over Wuzhou city in the Guangxi region,'' the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said in a statement.

Notably in 2018, a Lion Air Flight 610 operating Boeing 737 Max crashed, while another 737 Max crashed in 2019, operated by Ethiopian Airlines.

Following back-to-back crashes, all Boeing 737 MAX passenger planes were grounded worldwide.

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