A passenger plane carrying 132 people crashed in southern China on Monday.
The China Eastern Airlines Boeing-737 was traveling from Kunming to Guangzhou when it went down in Guangxi province, according to multiple reports.
The plane crashed into the mountainside and erupted into flames, sparking a forest fire that was visible from space, the Associated Press reported.
Hundreds of rescue workers rushed to the scene, though there is no word yet on casualties or survivors.
Initial reports said jetliner rapidly lost speed before crashing. Flight data shows the plane had been at a cruising altitude of 29,000 feet when it started a rapid descent, plunging more than 25,000 feet in less than two minutes, CNN reported.
China President Xi Jinping has ordered an immediate investigation to determine the cause of the crash, the BBC reported. China Eastern Airlines has grounded all of its 737s in the meantime.
China Eastern Airlines told China Media Group that 123 passengers and nine crew members were onboard, adding that there were no foreign passengers.
The airline said it has dispatched a working group to the scene and opened a special line for emergency assistance to family members.
Chicago-based Boeing said it was aware of the crash and was "working to gather more information," the AP reported.
The Federal Aviation Administration wrote on Twitter that it is ready to assist in investigation efforts if necessary.
Monday's crash is China's deadliest in more than a decade, according to CNBC. The last was in 2010, when 42 people were killed on a Henan Airlines Embraer E-190 flight.
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