SIMONE DEL ROSARIO: A BOEING 737 PASSENGER PLANE CRASHED MONDAY IN CHINA WITH 132 PEOPLE ON BOARD.
THE FIERY SCENE, CAPTURED IN CLIPS LIKE THIS, AS THE PLANE WENT DOWN IN THE MOUNTAINS OF GUANGXI. THE NUMBER OF DEATHS OR INJURIES – NOT IMMEDIATELY KNOWN OR REPORTED – AS FIREFIGHTERS AND RESCUERS RUSHED TO THE SCENE.
THE CHINA EASTERN FLIGHT LOST CONTACT AROUND 2:15 WHILE FLYING AROUND 30-THOUSAND FEET, ACCORDING TO AP.
FLIGHTRADAR24 SHOWS THAT MINUTES LATER THE PLANE TOOK A DEEP DIVE AT ITS CRUISING ALTITUDE SPEED BEFORE CRASHING INTO THE MOUNTAINS.
THE BOEING 737-800 MODEL THAT CRASHED IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE SAFEST AIRCRAFT IN THE SKY.
IT IS NOT THE 737-MAX – WHICH WAS GROUNDED WORLDWIDE FOR YEARS AFTER TWO OF THEM CRASHED NEARLY FOUR YEARS AGO, KILLING 346 PEOPLE.
STILL, BOEING STOCK TANKED IN PREMARKET TRADING ON THE NEWS – THE CRASH COMING AS THE COMPANY IS STILL TRYING TO RECOVER ITS SAFETY REPUTATION.
BOEING SAID IT’S AWARE OF THE REPORTS OF THIS CRASH AND IS WORKING TO GET MORE INFORMATION. CHINA – MEANWHILE – HAS SAID IT’LL GROUND THE ENTIRE 737-800 FLEET.
IN NEW YORK FOR JUST BUSINESS I’M SIMONE DEL ROSARIO.