A China Eastern Airlines plane carrying 133 people on board has crashed in Guangxi province, Chinese state media has reported.

 

The Flight MU5735 was on way from Kunming to Guangzhou. Flight tracking sites reported the plane was in the air for just over an hour.

 

The number of casualties and reason for the crash are not yet known.

 

The crash of the Boeing 737 jet, in a mountainous region, led to a fire in the woods, Chinese media said.

 

The plane went down near Teng county in Wuzhou province. Guangxi is a southern province neighbouring Guangzhou, a major city in the south-east.