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A Chinese airline plane with 132 people on board crashed on Monday in a forested hillside in southern China and went up in flames.</p>
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Update: Boeing plane with 132 people onboard crashes in S.China&#39;s Guangxi. Casualties unknown. (Video via People&#39;s Daily) <a href="https://t.co/LQ97EFvX2k">https://t.co/LQ97EFvX2k</a> <a href="https://t.co/lSSU3AD86y">pic.twitter.com/lSSU3AD86y</a></p>
&mdash; Global Times (@globaltimesnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1505828883954044930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 was on a domestic flight from Kunming to Guangzhou when it suddenly plunged from&nbsp; cruising altitude and crashed to earth in Guangxi province.</p>
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Chinese media showed brief highway video footage from a vehicle&#39;s dashcam apparently showing a jet crashing to the ground behind trees and .</p>
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China Eastern said the cause of the crash, in which the plane descended at 31,000 feet a minute according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24, was under investigation.</p>
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The airline said it had provided a hotline for relatives of those on board and sent a working group to the site. There were no foreigners on the flight, Chinese state television reported, citing China Eastern.</p>
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The number of casualties and reason for the crash are not yet known. Rescuers have seen no signs of survivors.</p>
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Chinese airlines generally have a good safety record – the last major accident took place 12 years ago.</p>
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The crash has caused shock in China where President Xi Jinping has ordered an immediate investigation to determine the cause. China Eastern Airlines has reportedly grounded all its 737s.</p>
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the passenger plane crash in China&#39;s Guangxi on Monday.</p>
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PM Modi tweeted, &quot;Deeply shocked and saddened to learn about the crash of the passenger flight MU5735 with 132 on board in China&#39;s Guangxi. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the crash and their family members.&quot;</p>
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