China Eastern Airlines has canceled most of its flights on March 21 and 22 after a Boeing 737 aircraft carrying 132 people en route from Kunming to Guangzhou crashed in the mountains of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Rescue teams have arrived at the scene and debris of the aircraft has been found, state media CCTV reported. There is no word of survivors by press time.
Eastern Airlines said although it is not clear yet if the crash had anything to do with the plane, it will suspend operations of all Boeing 737-800 jets from Tuesday. The company has 291 Boeing 737 aircraft, including B737-700, B737-800, and B737MAX. The B737MAX has been suspended after deadly crashes in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019.
