Beijing: Nearly 132 people died in flight crash in China’s Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 crashed in a mountainous area of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region on Monday. The crashed Flight MU5735 took off from Kunming at 1.11 p.m. (local time) and was scheduled to arrive in Guangzhou at 3.05 p.m.

As per the information of Guangxi’s regional emergency management department, the crash took place on a mountain in Tengxian County, causing a huge fire, reports Xinhua news agency. Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said that the crashed plane carrying 132 passengers including nine crew members. The CAAC said it has initiated the emergency response mechanism and dispatched a working team to the site.

The number of casualties was not immediately known. China Eastern is also yet to issue a statement on the crash. According to the BBC report, flight tracking sites said that the plane was in the air for just over an hour. According to FlightRadar24 data, the last sourced information on flight MU5735 showed it ended at 2.22 p.m., at an altitude of 3,225 ft.