Passenger Plane With 133 People on Board Crashes in China

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As many as 133 people are feared dead after their plane crashed into a mountainous area and caught fire, Chinese state media have reported.

The China Eastern Airlines aircraft on Monday carrying 133 passengers from Kunming to Guangzhou had an "accident" in the region of Guangxi and caused a fire on the mountains.

The jet involved in the accident was a Boeing 737 aircraft and the number of casualties was not immediately known, CCTV said. Rescue was on its way, it said.