A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 crashed with 132 people aboard, with no immediate word on survivors. It's the country's worst air disaster in nearly a decade.
More than seven hours after communication was lost with the plane, there was still no word of survivors.
The plane was carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members, the CAAC said, correcting earlier reports that 133 people had been on board. The CAAC and China Eastern both said they had sent officials to the crash site in accordance with emergency measures. Headquartered in Shanghai, China Eastern is one of the country’s top three airlines, operating scores of domestic and international routes serving 248 destinations.
The aircraft was delivered to the airliner from Boeing in June 2015 and had been flying for more than six years. China Eastern Airlines uses the Boeing 737-800 as one of the main workhorses of its fleet — of its over 600 planes, 109 are Boeing 737-800s.The accident quickly became a leading topic on China’s Twitter-like Weibo platform, with 1.34 billion views and 690,000 discussions. Many posts expressed condolences to the families of victims, while others questioned the planes’ safety.
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