China plane crash: Boeing 737 vanished from radar suddenly - What we know so far
India TV NewsHighlights A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737, carrying 132 people on board, crashed on Monday. A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737, carrying 132 people on board, crashed on Monday in a mountainous area of the country's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. State media said local police first received calls from villagers alerting the crash around 12 p.m.. Guangxi provincial emergency management department said contact with the plane was lost at 11.45 a.m.. Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an “all-out effort” to be made in the rescue operation, for post-crash arrangements to be handled appropriately and potential safety hazards investigated to ensure complete civil aviation flight safety. The deadliest crash involving a Boeing 737-800 came in January 2020, when Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard accidentally shot down a Ukraine International Airlines flight, killing all 176 people on board. Also Read | China plane crash: President Jinping 'shocked' over Boeing 737 disaster, orders probe