Final Moment Of China Eastern Flight MU5735 Nosediving Into Mountain Caught On Camera [Video]

A video, which emerged on Twitter on Monday, showed the final moment of China Eastern flight MU5735 crashing in China’s southwestern province of Guangxi. The footage, captured by a security camera, showed the jetliner diving straight into the ground.

The Boeing 737 aircraft was flying from Kunming city to Guangzhou when it "lost airborne contact over Wuzhou" city in the Guangxi region, the Civil Aviation Administration of China reportedly said. The plane hit Teng county near Wuzhou, causing a mountain fire.

There were 132 people on board – 123 passengers and nine crew members. There was no immediate word on the number of dead and injured. However, it is feared there may be no survivors.

The video shared by China Aviation Review's Twitter page showed the plane in a nosedive at a great speed before it crashed into the mountains.

Flight tracker FlightRadar24 showed the plane sharply dropping from an altitude of 29,100 feet to 9,075 feet in 2.15 minutes. In another 20 seconds, the plane's altitude was 3,225 feet, before flight contact was lost. This decline in altitude, from cruising to landing, usually takes about 30 minutes.

Several eyewitness videos shared on social media showed a forest fire on a mountainside believed to be the area where the plane went down.

Shanghai-based China Eastern, which is one of China’s top three airlines, had changed its website to black and white colors Monday afternoon following the crash. The jet involved in the accident was a six-year-old Boeing 737-800 aircraft, according to Flightradar24.

More than 600 emergency responders are said to be at the crash site to find survivors and recover debris. The cause of the crash was unknown.

Following the crash, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an “all-out effort” to be made in the rescue operation.

The country's last major plane accident was in August 2010, when a flight from Harbin crashed in north-east Yichun killing more than 40 people. The deadliest Chinese commercial flight crash was a China Northwest Airlines crash in 1994, which killed all 160 people onboard.

Following the crash, the Boeing Co. shares fell 6% in premarket trade Monday.