Chinese passenger plane crashes with 132 onboard in nation's south

A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 individuals on board crashed in a far-off uneven area of southern China on Monday, authorities said, lighting a backwoods fire apparent from space in the nation's most terrible air catastrophe in almost 10 years.

Over 18 hours after correspondence was lost with the plane, there was still no word about the destiny of travelers and group individuals, leaving families holding on to realize whether anybody made due.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China said the accident happened close to the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi locale. The plane was flying from Kunming in the southwestern region of Yunnan to the modern focus of Guangzhou along the east coast.

China Eastern Flight 5735 was voyaging 455 bunches (523 mph, 842 kph) at around 29,000 feet when it entered a lofty and quick plunge around 2:20 p.m. nearby time, as per information from flight-following site FlightRadar24.com. The plane plunged to 7,400 feet before momentarily recovering around 1,200 feet in height, then dove once more. The plane quit sending information 96 seconds in the wake of beginning to fall.