A China Eastern Airlines aircraft with 133 people on board has crashed in Guangxi province.
The number of casualties is not yet known.
The Boeing 737 jet crashed in a mountainous region leading to a fire in the woods, Chinese state media, CCTV, reported.
Flight MU5735 was scheduled to leave Kunming at 13:15 local time (05:15 GMT) and was en route to Guangzhou.
Rescue crews have been deployed to the area.
The plane had crashed near Teng county in Wuzhou province.
Guangxi is a southern province neighbouring Guangzhou, a major city in the south-east.
Flight trackers like FlightRadar24 show the location of the plane as “unknown”.
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