Beijing: There were no foreigners among the 132 people on board the Chinese passenger plane which crashed Monday in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, state-run Xinhua news agency said. The Boeing 737 aircraft of China Eastern Airlines, which flew from Kunming to Guangzhou, crashed in Tengxian County in the city of Wuzhou, causing a mountain fire, the regional emergency management department said.
The China Media Group (CMG) learned from China Eastern Airlines that according to the departure information, no foreign passengers were aboard the crashed Boeing 737 airplane, state-run CGTN-TV reported. The company told CMG that it will conduct further confirmation.
The 132 people included 123 passengers and nine crew members, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said on its website.
Following the accident, videos and pictures purporting to come from the scene started circulating on social media showing smoke billowing from a hillside and wreckage on the ground.
